God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.”
And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:10
The longer I walk with God and the more I get to know Him, the more I
savor His goodness. Amid a country in conflict and a culture in chaos, goodness lives as an oasis, a welcome place of soul-calming breezes and thirst-quenching waters.
Though goodness can be hard to define, its presence around us is unmistakable. Where people stand up for the picked on and the beaten down, goodness is found there. When acts of kindness give birth to hope and healing, we look up and see goodness. Whenever purity is upheld and preserved—and evil is called out for what it is—goodness glows. When people share in their love for God and care for the needs of others, goodness flows. And in the midst of faithfulness and dependability stands goodness.
The Psalmist wrote of God, “You are good, and what you do is good . . . “ (Psalm 119:68). Personally, I think people know deep down inside that goodness flows out from God who is good by nature—that it knows no other fountainhead. So it is that when our light shines before others and they see our good deeds, they glorify our Father in heaven.1
With this in mind, let us heed Paul’s exhortation: “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people . . . “ (Galatians 6:9, 10).
1 Matthew 5:16 (NIV)
[Read about God's goodness in the first three days of the creation story in Genesis 1:1-10.]
Though goodness can be hard to define, its presence around us is unmistakable. Where people stand up for the picked on and the beaten down, goodness is found there. When acts of kindness give birth to hope and healing, we look up and see goodness. Whenever purity is upheld and preserved—and evil is called out for what it is—goodness glows. When people share in their love for God and care for the needs of others, goodness flows. And in the midst of faithfulness and dependability stands goodness.
The Psalmist wrote of God, “You are good, and what you do is good . . . “ (Psalm 119:68). Personally, I think people know deep down inside that goodness flows out from God who is good by nature—that it knows no other fountainhead. So it is that when our light shines before others and they see our good deeds, they glorify our Father in heaven.1
With this in mind, let us heed Paul’s exhortation: “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people . . . “ (Galatians 6:9, 10).
1 Matthew 5:16 (NIV)
[Read about God's goodness in the first three days of the creation story in Genesis 1:1-10.]
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