God's Goodness 2

Happy Birthday Charles Haddon Spurgeon and Happy Birthday Brian.

Today I major on the goodness of God:

Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. Psalm 73:1
When I read this, I am immediately reminded that my heart is not pure. I am well aware of the depth of darkness of my own heart, of my sinfulness, selfishness and pride. But the full picture is the one painted by the gospel. It reminded me that God has exchanged my heart of stone for a heart of flesh (Ezekiel 11:19). He has exchanged my sinful life for his perfect one. He has exchanged my mind for the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16). Therefore, that promise of God's goodness it to me. God is good to me, and hie has been good to me.

He is good to me in the big things and the small.

In the greatest big thing, he sent His Son. If I had not received this free gift of salvation, I would be destined, as treasonous enemy of the cross to eternal punishment. But God, as the greatest expression of his goodness, has given me a pardon. Greater than a pardon, he had the entire punishment paid by his very own son.

And in the day-to-day things...my wife's illness that had us very concerned. And yet we get a diagnosis that almost immediately says - "done", "over", "all better" - move on with your life, just take these pills for the next couple of weeks. There are so many bad things it could be, but they are eliminated. She is recuperating nicely.

Thank you Lord, for the big and the small, the great and the tiny. You Truly are good to me.