{"id":15187,"date":"2021-11-24T04:36:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T10:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=15187"},"modified":"2021-11-24T04:37:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T10:37:29","slug":"god-is-good-all-the-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=15187","title":{"rendered":"God is Good. All the Time."},"content":{"rendered":"A stand-by familiar chorus sung at church, church camps and other gatherings\nhad very simple lyrics: “God is so good. God is so good. God is so good.\nHe’s so good to me.”\n\n\n\nAs a child, I remember my go-to prayer at the dinner table. Not because I\nhad a tight relationship with Gid, but I sure knew this simple\nprayer: “God is great, God is good, let us thank Him for our food. Amen.”\nAll through my childhood, I heard about the goodness of God. Though my Mama was\nstruggling to put food on the table, nice clothes on me and care for my sick\ndaddy and me, she always sang and spoke about the goodness of God. With me\nreciting that mealtime prayer over and over, something happened along the way,\nand I started believing it and receiving the benefits of His goodness. God is\ngreat. God is good. Here\u2019s proof positive of God\u2019s goodness.\n\n\n\n\u201cTaste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in\nHim.\u201d (Psalm 34:8).\n\n\u201dFor the Lord is good and his love endures forever; His faithfulness continues\nthrough all generations\u201d. (Psalm 100:5).\n\n\u201cThe Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust\nin Him.\u201d (Nahum 1:7).\n\nThe African Associate Pastor at my church in Frisco, in his beautiful African\naccent, began every message he gave with \u201cGod is good!\u201d It was a\ncall-and-response action. He waited until the congregation replied “All\nthe time!\u201d Then he said \u201cAll the time.” And we replied, \u201cGod is good!\u201d He\nalso closed each of his messages with the same words. He was impressing upon us\nthe goodness of God.\n\nEventually, we caught on to his enthusiasm. We looked forward to responding as\nwe raised our voices, with huge smiles on our faces and joyously declaring\nthose words. We loved it, and we loved him! And, you know what? The more we\ndeclare God’s goodness today — here and now — the more we recognize and\nexperience God’s goodness. Despite everything going on in our lives — the\ngood, the bad and the ugly — God is so good and oh, the plans He has for us.\nGo ahead. Look back at some of those good, bad, and ugly times and look where\nyou are today. God is so good that He works out the tough times for our good. (Romans\n8:28)\n\n\n\nI\u2019ll be honest with you, there are times when I\u2019m thinking \u201cWhat\u2019s up with\nthis or that, God?\u201d But then when I declare: \u201cGod, you’re so good all the time.\nI am putting my faith and trust in You.” It takes me out of the “Woe\nis me” mindset to “Nothing is impossible with my God\u201d mindset.”\nThose times are exactly the times we declare God’s faithfulness and goodness.\n\nMaybe you are struggling with declaring \u201cGod is good all the time\u201d. Way too\nmany disappointments, and, quite frankly, you’re a little ticked off at God.\nYou feel like one of His step-children — oh, but contraire! He has such big\nlove (might I remind you of Him sending His one and only Son to earth for us to\nlive with Him forever someday.  <\/span>In the\nmeantime \u2013 He is tallying up big plans for you. You’re going to have plenty of\nopportunities to remember that God is so good no matter what you may face. He’s\nprobably already working on your way out of those circumstances. That’s just\nwhat a loving Father would do for His child. Just remember His love for you\nwill never leave you or forsake you. In fact, it will endure forever. God is\ngood. All the time. All the time. God is good!\n\n\n\n“Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures\nforever.” Psalm 136:26\n\n\n

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