February 25
Psalms 119:68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
Goodness, as is also true in the case of love, suffers an identity crisis. Today, both of these virtues are understood not according to the parameters of their Creator, but in relations to human feelings.
It is not uncommon to hear confused people ask, “If God is so good and so loving, why did He let thus and thus happen to me?” or even “why does he let such and such happen in the world?” Having changed the meanings of goodness and love was a very clever trick fomented by the enemy of both, in order to get humans to doubt the goodness and love of God.
A child does not understand the benefit of punishment and deprivation of certain privileges due to his disobedience, but it teaches him an important lesson that may save him in adult life. As we grow into teenage and adulthood, the difficulties that we encounter become more traumatic. They resemble things like the breaking of families, the on start of a chronic sickness, or the loosing of friends and loved ones through sickness, accidents or war. Only when we have matured in faith, in the knowledge and understanding of His Word, and in spiritual experiences can we see, even through these events, that God is “good and doest good”.
What is therefore goodness and love?
God, our great Maker, knows that the only thing that can ever keep our hearts, bodies and souls safe, happy, provided and free, is to be and remain close to Him. He created us in that way. It is therefore safe to say that whatever He does or allows to happen that brings us close to Him, helps us to remember Him as well as our ultimate dependency on Him is to be considered love and goodness.
May God help us not to judge God by our own ways and standards, thus establishing our own righteousness, but may we understand Him via His ways by his spiritual wisdom.
Romans 10:3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
Luk 18:18-19 KJV And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? (19) And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
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