God is Good Even in the Bad!

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"God never takes something away without replacing it with something better." I've said it before and was adamant about it. However, God has recently revealed something to me about this statement that has been eye opening. Saying that God will replace the lost or broken things in your life IS TRUE in that it is Christ who makes us whole and complete, but even then it’s not the promise of perfection or a life that is “better.”

God isn’t “good” because we get a front row parking spot or a promotion at work, and then “bad” because someone cuts us off in traffic, or we lose a job. This kind of thinking leads us into the ideology that says if my life is not going well, God is not good. No. God is good regardless of your life situation. God’s goodness does not fluctuate when our lives do. God’s goodness is above our understanding and so sometimes that means we don’t get to see the ”why” behind the things that happen in this broken world. 

Psalm 46 says that "God is our refuge and strength, a present help in times of trouble. Therefore, we will not fear." God’s goodness doesn’t come from making us feel good or making us happy, but God is good because in the midst of the pain, the sorrow, the storm, God is closer than those things ever could be. And so, in a sort of unresolved way, we have to know that God is good. In our joy, in our pain, in our loss, in our despair, in all that we will ever endure, God's still good.

God is near to the broken-hearted. God comforts. God restores. God cares so much that He sent His one and only son, Jesus, to die and rise again so that we could have relationship with this good and holy God. And in this way, this very thing is the goodness of God on display.

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