GOD-GOODNESS
Faith is trusting God to do what he has promised because we are
convinced by his provisions that God is both willing and able to keep his
word.
The God of Promise and the Life of
Faith. Crossway Books, 2001, p. 84.
As a wise,
skilled pharmacist mixes medicine, our heavenly Father wisely mixes exactly the
right measure of bitter things and sweet, to do us good. Too much joy would
intoxicate us. Too much misery would drive us to despair. Too much sorrow would
crush us. Too much suffering would break our spirits. Too much pleasure would
ruin us. Too much defeat would discourage us. Too much success would puff us
up. Too much failure would keep us from doing anything. Too much criticism
would harden us. Too much praise would exalt us. Our great God knows exactly
what we need. His Providence is wisely designed and sovereignly sent for our
good!
Don Fortner
He spared not
his own Son, but delivered him up for us all; how shall He not with him freely
give us all things" (Romans 8:32)?
How is it imaginable that God should withhold, after this, spirituals or
temporals, from His people? How shall He not call
them effectually, justify them freely, sanctify them thoroughly, and glorify
them eternally? How shall He not clothe them, feed them, protect and deliver
them? Surely if He would not spare this own Son one stroke, one tear, one
groan, one sigh, one circumstance of misery, it can never be imagined that ever
He should, after this, deny or withhold from His people, for whose sakes all
this was suffered, any mercies, any comforts, any privilege, spiritual or
temporal, which is good for them.
John Flavel
Our heavenly
Father never takes anything from his children unless he means to give them
something better.
George Muller
To question
the goodness of God is, in essence, to imply that man is more concerned about
goodness than is God… To suggest that man is kinder than God is to subvert…the
very nature of God… It is to deny God; and this is precisely the thrust of the
temptation to question the goodness of God.
Philip Hughes
Hope for a Despairing World, p. 18.
Nothing can
be more consoling to the man of God, than the conviction that the Lord who made
the world governs the world; and that every event, great and small, prosperous
and adverse, is under the absolute disposal of Him who doth all things well,
and who regulates all things for the good of his people.
Jerry Bridges
Trusting God, 1988, p. 214. Used by permission of NavPress – www.navpress.com. All rights reserved.
When God
speaks, He always uses words of hope, encouragement, direction and promise.
Even in times of discipline, He is quick to restore and renew our fellowship.
If the voice you hear within your heart is one of accusation, know it belongs
to the deceiver. Therefore, take your stand against the enemy and ask God to
fill your heart with His truth.
Author Unknown
God in His
love always wills what is best for us. In His wisdom He always knows what is
best, and in His sovereignty He has the power to bring it about.
Author Unknown
However many blessings we expect from God,
His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts.
John Calvin
The more you
give, the more comes back to you, because God is the greatest giver in the
universe, and He won't let you outgive Him. Go ahead
and try. See what happens.
Randy Alcorn
Excerpted from The Treasure Principle by
Randy Alcorn © 2002 by Eternal Perspective Ministries, p. 71.
Gratitude is
the return justly required from the objects of His beneficence; yet it is often
withheld from our great Benefactor simply because His goodness is so constant
and so abundant. It is lightly esteemed because it is exercised toward us in
the common course of events. It is not felt because we daily experience it.
A.W. Pink
The Attributes of God, Baker Book House, p.
60.
God often
takes a course for accomplishing His purposes directly contrary to what our
narrow views would prescribe. He brings a death upon our feelings, wishes, and
prospects when He is about to give us the desire of our hearts.
John Newton
God is always
trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
Augustine
The only
real, practical measure of my apprehension for the goodness and mercy of God to
me is the extent to which I am, in turn, prepared to show goodness and mercy to
others.
Phillip Keller
A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23, Permission by
Zondervan, www.zondervan.com, 1970, p.
133.