“O Lord, you
are so good, so ready to forgive, so full of unfailing love for all who ask for
your help.” - Psalm 86:5
We know God is
good because Jesus says so in the Gospels (Luke 18:19). As a matter of fact,
according to Jesus, not even HE is good. So who on earth is good and what
exactly is good. By worldly standards the term ‘good’ is relative. It
can mean one thing to person A, but something quite different to person B. It
depends on your perspective and view of life in general. With Almighty God, there
is a set standard for living that defines what is good and what is evil. If we
live to bring God glory, rather than ourselves, we will be able to focus in on
exactly what God considers to be good.
God’s forgiveness
comes from a position of grace … his grace. It’s his undeserved favor. We did
nothing to earn it. Like any gift we have to receive it and in this case allow
it to alter the path we’re on. His forgiveness comes out of his unfailing love for
his children. We are all created by God but only certain ones of us embrace his
forgiveness to the fullest and spend the rest of our natural lives living to
please the Lord. His standards are the only ones that matter. His standards are
the only eternal truth. His standards will take us exactly where he knows we
will flourish and blossom into all God knows we can be in Christ.
So in a single
statement we see that the Lord is a good God who readily forgives based on his
unfailing love for us all. Submit to his plan for your life today and find out
what it means to experience peace, hope and mercy all at the same time. Nothing
on earth can provide that. Until next time, walk with the King and be a
blessing!
Resource:
The Life Application Study Bible.
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