God's Goodness

                Now, I will begin to describe the characteristics that we can better comprehend and show the differences between God and us in these arenas. God's goodness is something that we can understand over time, and must believe or else the Bible seems distant. Without understanding and agreeing that God is good, His actions seem useless to us.

                God's goodness is unlike our goodness because, just like Him, it is infinite and never changing. Imagine the best person in the work on their best day. They constantly do good things, give to the poor, food the homeless, offer their home and items to strangers, give out hugs, pray for others, etc. and never ask for anything in return. God is like that, but greater, and His goodness never fails.

                His kindness is relevant to us because of how good He is. We are saved only because His goodness caused Him to love us and make the sacrifice. His goodness is not to be confused with His holiness or love. His goodness is His driving ability to do right at all times, even when we do not deserve it. His goodness works hand in hand with His love and ability to judge.

                Because He is good, He showed His love by forming us out of the dust of the Earth, giving us life, and saving us when we messed up. Because He is good, He blesses us for doing right and lifts us up when we are in the spirit. Because He is good, He has never broken a promise. No, He is not obligated to listen to our prayers because we have prayers; He listens to our prayers because He is good.

                Everything that He does involving us flows out of His goodness. We can comprehend goodness and recognize goodness, but we must remember that God is good all of the time and His goodness never changes or diminishes. He is good always and will always stay the perfect model of good. His goodness is beyond what we can be because His goodness is perfect and ours is imperfect; yet, through Christ, we strive to be as close to good as we can get to show glory to God's goodness. We can relate because we have the ability to imitate this attribute; but it is just that, an imitation. Unlike us, everything that God does for us flows from His perfect goodness.


                                                                                                                                         -D