GOD’S GOODNESS AND MERCY

Psalm 136:1 NKJV Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

When everything is going well it’s easy to praise God, but even when they’re not we still have many reasons why we can. Here are just two reasons  - because He is good and because His mercy endures forever. When we lose sight of either of those two truths we may struggle.😊

When we keep going over the traumas and looking at the troubles, and we question God’s ways or the truth of His Word, we’re in danger of exalting our own thoughts and our own reasoning over our Creator, which is not good!

I expect we have all had times when we’ve questioned God and asked why He had allowed a situation, why are things the way they are, but when we do that we are leaning on human reasoning instead of leaning on God Himself. We are questioning His integrity, His wisdom and it’s a slippery slope from there to confusion and upset.

In the Garden of Eden, Eve fell into that trap and we all know the result! Instead, let’s declare the goodness of God and remember how patient and full of loving kindness He is towards us. Remember He has promised us a future and a hope, to work things out for our good despite our circumstances or our failures. Remember He has never failed to uphold us and help us, to be always present in our troubles.

Let’s remember His mercy endures forever, that even when we fail He is full of mercy. He remembers we are dust, that the blood of Jesus has washed away all our sins. Never let us forget that without Jesus we would be lost and heading for judgement, but with Jesus we are headed for a glorious eternity with our Maker, the One who loves us.😊

No matter how many pressures and troubles there are in our lives, let’s refocus and put our eyes back on Jesus, our Saviour, our Redeemer and praise Him because He is worthy of all our praise. He was tortured, He was beaten, He was whipped and crucified for our sake. He accepted the punishment for every one of our sins at the Cross, so lets bow the knee to the only One who loves us with the kind of love we may never fully understand, but stand lost in wonder at it.

Even on our down days when we’ve allowed ourselves to look at our circumstances instead of our Saviour, our God is good and His mercy endures forever. May we ever declare it and never forget it, and give Him all the praise and thanks He deserves. In Jesus name. Amen.