God Is Good

January 27

"Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;
Sing praises to his name, for it is pleasant."
Psalm 135:3

Many believe that the Lord ISN'T good. How can a loving God, they ask, allow such atrocities on earth?

God chooses not to interfere with the downward spiral of the consequences of sin entering into the world at the fall of Adam. From that time on, the death principle took over our world and everything DEvolves. Our very DNA devolves, causing all sorts of diseases. It's the death principle. God allows all things during this period of time, to teach us things we couldn't learn any other way.

Free will is a gift to all, and the Lord will not ever take that away. When there is free will, there are people who will choose the wrong way and bring in destruction upon themselves and others. Sin carries consequences both to us and to others and brings all manner of evil upon the world.

A second point is that it's more effective to SHOW a principle than to TELL about a principle. God has chosen this period of time during which he will teach mankind about the principles he has TOLD us about in his Word. He has demonstrated those principles through the lives of those recorded in his Word, in the Bible stories. Read them to understand this principle.

The bottom line is that God IS good. If he tells you not to touch a stove because it's hot, you may doubt that - because you WANT to touch the stove. He'll ALLOW that, so that you'll learn.

The time of our pilgrimage will come to an end and he will return to this earth to bring in the Kingdom of righteousness, peace, joy, and restoration. And then all will know, all will understand ...that God is good.