God is Good, All the Time is the saying we use at Builders for Christ and we use it backwards and forwards after every prayer. After the prayer I as the group leader will say loudly, "God is Good" and the group will respond "All the Time." And then I will say. "All the time." And the Group will respond "All the time."
Now I ask a simple question to you this morning do you believe this simple statement? Are there times that you begin to question why God may be allowing something to happen? I know that there are things I do not understand. I know for sure there are things that I wish were different. So are there times that this statement that God is good I question? Can we be honest? Can we think about this for a minute and realize that all of us do struggle with the simple question is God Good all the time.
I will be talking about this on Sunday as we preach from the book of Nahum. There is more to consider when we start talking and thinking about God's goodness than just us. God is God all the Time. He is also Just, Holy, Righteous and always in control of all things. We only see things from our little vantage point of existence and He sees and knows and is in control of all things. If He were not good while doing these things chaos would rule and there would soon be nothing existing any longer.
Evil does exist and it exist only where God allows it to exist and evil exists where His goodness is not. Evil can touch our lives by the sins that others or we ourselves commit or allow to creep into our minds and hearts. But even when evil is present God's power can and will overcome the evil if we look to Him.
The prophet Nahum pronounces doom for Nineveh. That ancient city that was located on the east bank of the Tigris River. Near the city that we today call Mosul. Seems this area of the world is still causing some problems. Nahum's prophecy is about their doom and yet his first chapter proclaims God's Goodness.
I would like to send out an invitation to be with us Sunday Morning at 11 am to hear this message about God's Goodness because He is Good... All the time.
Give these verses a thought or two today...
Romans 8:28 NASB
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
Genesis 50:20 NASB
"As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive.
Deuteronomy 6:24-25 NASB
24 “So the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God for our good always and for our survival, as it is today. 25 “It will be righteousness for us if we are careful to observe all this commandment before the LORD our God, just as He commanded us.
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