How Good Is Our God

Friend, we wander through life seeking to be all we can be; to have all we can have; to experience all that there is.

We want only what is perfect and good and we believe we deserve everything we want and see.

And some of us get all that; many times at the cost of other people's unhappiness, but most do not get or find these things.

There are people in the world who do not have a roof over their heads; have no food and others with many chidren to provide for as well.

So many humans who cannot take care of themselves because of disabilities; who live in countries where they are considered a burden so therefore no provision is made for them, from government coffers.

The plight of many is covered in hopelessness.

Yet we hear people speak of a Good God.

It seems incomprehensible to the human mind that a Good God would not help those people.

But, God is Good.

Man is not. Man has brought every evil way into this world by turning it's back on the Good God. How can the Good God work in the heart of an evil man or woman?

We have by our own choices for self will, created a world most of us, do not like.

But to blame God for giving us free will, that we have used inappropriately, is ridiculous.

God is not to blame for our unhappiness. 

We all know this world is a world of consequences. 

If the rain doesn't fall, plantlife dies.

If the rainfall is too great, floods occur.

If man was not on the earth, the earth would still be existing with consequences.

So we find ourselves heaped up with the many consequences of our choices in life.

Sometimes they become unbearable, and we reach out to "something" to help us.

The Bible speaks about a woman who suffered many years. We do not know the why of her ailment, but she was in great need, having paid monies to various physicians of the day to try many methods for a cure, for continual bleeding.

From her little village, she had heard of a man called Jesus who was healing people instantly from many diseases and ailments.

Miracles were occuring in front of people's eyes, and they were spreading the Good News of His Healing Powers.

The Jewish peoples knew He was from God; for no mortal had these powers; the lame to immediately walk; the blind to immediately see, the mad to immediately be sane; the paralytic to be whole leprosy to be cured and so much more.

This woman heard that Jesus would be near to where she could join the crowds seeking to see Him; and so she set out to be in His Presence; with faith in her heart and mind, that He would heal her.

But the crowd was heavy and deep, jostling and moving. 

Because of her ailment she was weak; so she placed herself in the crowd so that when He walked by, she could reach out to touch the Hem of His Garment/Robe; knowing she was not going to be able to keep up with the crowd and follow Him, to where He would eventually stop, perhaps surrounded by the huge crowd; uable to be seen, heard or in close contact.

She reached out in her faith filled belief for His Healing Powers, and was successful in touching a tiny fragment of His Robe, and was instantly healed.

Jesus stopped, knowing that Healing Virtue, had gone from Him to another, through their faith that He was God, and could heal miracously.

He asked "who has touched me?"

The crowd moved slightly to reveal this woman.

The woman came trembling and fell down before Him. She told Him in the presence of all, why she had touched Him; and that she was now cured.

And Jesus said, "Daughter, you must be encouraged by the faith of yourself; you are now Healed. Go in Peace." Luke 8:48 TPW

So we see here that by faith, she was healed. At the moment of touch, her faith was in it's most pure innocent form. No doubt was in her.

And we can know that God is Good, and that, from His Goodness, Healing Virtue and all Good Virtues, flow from Him; and we can receive them into ourselves by faith in Him.

Pure faith; and not a "false faith for a moment" to receive Goodness; will activate God's Goodness towards our need.

God is not fooled so do not mock Him.

Come to Jesus our Saviour with Love for Who He Is, and total surreder to Him; because He is Good.