I pray the truths in this post bless you beyond
measure & reveal the insurmountable goodness of our Sweet Lord to your
precious hearts.
Psalm 34:8 invites us to
Taste
and see that the Lord is good;
Blessed
is the one who takes refuge in Him.
The “good” we see in this Psalm is the Hebrew word towb. And, according to Strong’s
Lexicon, this is what it means:
טוֹב
ṭôwb, tobe; from H2895; good (as an adjective)
in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and
the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good
man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well):—beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, × fair
(word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good
(deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness,
liketh (best), loving, merry, × most, pleasant, pleaseth, pleasure, precious,
prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
Mmm Our God does it again! He uses a seemingly simple word to describe Himself
that, under further examination, we find is rich with meaning and significance.
Sweet girls, I urge you, read that list of adverbs again. Beautiful, best,
bountiful, glad, gracious, joyful, kindness. All of these words describe our
precious God!
Do you believe it?
I thought I did. It wasn’t true. See, I knew in my brain God
calls Himself good & God doesn’t lie so it has to be true. And I could
adequately encourage girls to believe in their hearts God was good. But when I
stepped back and honestly examined my own heart, I couldn’t say “God is good to
me, Bree” and believe it with all that I am.
As the Lord sweetly and gently revealed this sin in my
heart, He also showed me that failing to believe He was good to me was causing
me to feel distant from Him. So, here I was spending my summer preparing to be
on staff with Cru by inviting people to partner with me to reach students for
Christ and I couldn’t honestly say God is
good to me. Needless to say, I felt dumb and inadequate. But here’s the
beautiful part: God is so good that it
didn’t matter how I felt or what I was struggling to believe. Because He is
good, He desired to reveal His true character to me. Of course I’m
inadequate. Of course I’m struggling with seeing God rightly. I’m a sinner. But
He delights in revealing Himself to us. God
in His grace and sovereignty has designed our lives to be a big sloppy mess of
His precious grace meeting inadequacy as we fervently seek Him out. Every day.
So here it is. Ready? I’m a sinner& so are you.But we belong to a good good Father who loves us
beyond measure. So let’s do the thing, ladies. Let’s invite our good good
Father to reveal Himself in every moment of our lives. I pray we will spend our
entire lives seeking to know Him rightly & inviting Him in. I’m certain we
won’t regret it. I pray the words, “Come here, Jesus” would frequent our
thoughts & I pray His name would grow ever sweeter upon our lips.
