{"id":395,"date":"2018-11-21T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/god-is-goodall-time-all-timegod-is-good\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:15:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:15:50","slug":"god-is-goodall-time-all-timegod-is-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=395","title":{"rendered":"God is Good….All the Time. All the Time….God is Good."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Some years ago, the phrase “God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good” became popular. It was given in a call-and-response pattern. Our African Associate Pastor, in his beautiful African accent, begins every message he gives with \u201cGod is good!\u201d And, he waits until we reply \u201cAll the time!\u201d Then he says \u201cAll the time\u2026..\u201d And we reply, \u201cGod is good!\u201d He also closes each of his messages with the same words. He is impressing upon us the goodness of God. And, since he came to us about five months ago, we have become more enthused as we raise our voices, with huge smiles on our faces and joyously declare those words. We love it, and we love him! And, you know what? The gooder (that really should be a word) God gets to us!<\/p>\n

Yesterday morning I woke up with such gratitude and said \u201cGod, you\u2019re so good to me!\u201d Then that phrase came to my mind and as I was scrolling through my Facebook timeline, a friend posted this photo below. The message was coming through, loud and clear. In spite of everything going on in our lives — the good, the bad and the ugly — God is so good. It seemed God wanted me to remind us of that today!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure there are those who roll their eyes when they hear someone say that phrase \u2013 especially when they\u2019re going through tough times. And, I\u2019ll be honest with you, there are times when I\u2019m thinking \u201cWhat\u2019s up with this or that, God?\u201d and then when I say, \u201cGod, you’re so good all the time”, I am putting my faith and trust in Him. No doubt, there are those who look at us hands-waving, Bible-toting, energy-flailing, do-gooders and saying \u201cGod is good\u201d, ask their selves \u201cWhat nut tree did those nuts fall from?\u201d And they may even ask \u201cWhy can\u2019t I say that phrase as energetically as they do?\u201d<\/p>\n

An old song \u201cGive Thanks\u201d by Don Moen comes to my mind. The chorus goes \u201cGive thanks with a grateful heart, give thanks to the Holy One, give thanks because He\u2019s given Jesus Christ, His Son.” Those words may swirl in people\u2019s heads because they question \u201cHow can I give thanks with a grateful heart when I am going through so much turmoil? And, the Holy One? \u201cHow could He be holy and allow so much evil and corruption to run rampant in this world we live in?\u201d I can only imagine how hard it must be for those who don\u2019t know God and sense His great love for them that they find it hard to focus on how holy He is, but that doesn\u2019t change the fact that He IS holy. Despite anyone\u2019s doubts, His love endures forever and He is so understanding of all of our human doubts.<\/p>\n

May I suggest that those of us who say \u201cGod is good all the time\u201d have captured the heart of God and it\u2019s not because of all of His hand-outs to us? Even when we don\u2019t have a grateful heart because things just aren\u2019t going our way, we can still look at the holiness of our God. The fact remains that God loves us all the time despite the doubts we all have from time to time. <\/p>\n

Maybe today you\u2019re struggling with giving thanks with a grateful heart, and saying \u201cGod is good all the time\u201d, then I urge you to turn your focus on the Holy One. If you\u2019re unable to do that, then just remember that He has given His only Son for us, despite the fact that He knew we would have doubts in His holiness. Go ahead and be human. Be upset about all the bad stuff that is happening in life but remember God\u2019s love for you will never leave you \u2013 in fact, it will endure forever. We can all be thankful for that. God is good. All the time. All the time. God is good!<\/p>\n

“Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures forever.” Psalm 136:26<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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