Sunday, May 25, 2008

God is Good. Do You Believe That?

The Word (of God) itself might be unbelievable until you know the One who has declared it. Why do people stagger and draw back from the promises of God? Because they don't know the One who spoke it. They don't know His integrity. Oh, they may know of Him by what they have heard, but they don't know Him.

My faith can not rest on God's promisies first, but my faith must rest first upon God's character. You'll only know someone's character by being with them and watching how they respond to different situations. You watch how they react and as time goes on you begin to know them because they reveal their character to you. (who they really are). Faith must rest in confidence upon the one who made the promise. You must get to know Him, before you will trust Him.

If you are struggling with believing the Word, then put that thing you are trying to believe on the shelf for awhile and put your focus on God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Keep your eyes on God until you truly know Him, then you can move to His promises.

So, what do I need to know? Everything there is that makes God, God. Well, how long will that take? Forever. That is why He has given us eternity. It will take forever to know Him. Well, where do I start? There is one place you can start in knowing God, that will help you understand all the rest. It will take all the confusion out of it.

Start with this truth, that God is good. Now that may sound to simple to you but I want you to understand that the vast majority of people (including those in the church) question God's goodness. If you don't understand that God is good, then you'll falsely accuse Him of something bad that has happened to you. You'll never really get to know God unless you know first off that God is good. Jesus said in John 10:10, "the thief (the devil) does not come except to steal, and to kill, and destroy ( if anything has happened to you that falls into anyone of these areas, you must know that God is not the author of it). I (Jesus) have come that you might have life (not the curse) and have it more abundantly. God is good, you must settle that truth in your heart today.

No one is good except God (Mark 10:18). Taste and see that the Lord is good. (Ps34:8). The Lord is good (Ps 100:5, 135:3, Nahum 1:7) I will make My goodness pass before you (Ex33:19), how great is Your goodness (Ps31:19). The God that loves you and cares about you is a good God. Do you really know Him?

Your faith, your ability to believe, comes from knowing that God is good. Ps 27:13 says,
"I would have lost heart, unless I believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living". How can you put your trust in someone unless you know that they are out for your good.

Do you know this good God? God gets a bad rap many times. They blame Him for everything bad that happens. How in the world could you trust a God like that? You can't!! That's the point.

You must know God, before you'll be willing to believe what He says. The first thing God is saying to you today is , "I'M GOOD, and surely My goodness and mercy shall follow you all the days of your life."

If you believe God is good, you've taken a big step in knowing Him. And the more you know Him, the more you will be able to believe Him and that's when you start pleasing Him, for it is impossible to please God without faith (Heb 11:6).

Get to know Him! Now you know where to start. And by the way, you'll like the rest of the journey as well.................Be Blessed!!

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