Misunderstanding the Word GOOD

This may be one of the most significant things I ever write, thank you Father for choosing me to spread your love. It is all about you JESUS!

Simple Gospel

Please read through the following passages, let the word GOOD stand out to you.

Creation

Genesis 1

3Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

10God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good

12The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.

16God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also. 17God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,18and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

21God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

25God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

27God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

31God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good.


After reading this I got to thinking about the word GOOD. In culture today we use the word good so causally, in a greeting “How are you?” “I’m good.” We overuse use the phrase “God is Good” and it seems we often lose the true meaning behind it. I did a word study on “GOOD” in the bible, it occurs in various forms 8348 times!!! Below are some the definitions for the word Good:(each time you read one of these definitions, think of the word Good immediately after).

Possessing desirable qualities; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; excellent; admirable; commendable;

Possessing moral excellence or virtue; virtuous; pious;”to know good and evil”

Kind; benevolent; humane; merciful; gracious; polite; propitious; friendly Clever; skillful; dexterous; ready; handy;

Adequate; sufficient; competent; sound; not fallacious;

AND take a look at THIS!!!

Not lacking or deficient; full; COMPLETE..

My mind is going in a million different directions right now, I could go off on so many tangents, but think about this: God IS GOOD ie Not lacking or deficient, full, complete. AND God talks about his creation including us (mankind) in Genesis 1:31 He says “31God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good.”

What?! So does that mean that God created us not lacking or deficient, full, complete?! Yes I know that this was written before Adam and Eve sinned BUT check this out! God wanted to re-create this GOOD Garden of Eden that He made and He knew the only way to do that would be to send HIS ONLY SON to hang on a CROSS for our (mankind) SINS. As a human race we really were not doing so well with the law and the old covenant, the Old Testament shows that pretty clearly. SO to re-create this original creation God did away with the law when Jesus died on the cross. Now here is the part that is SO AMAZING!!! JESUS died defeated sin and death and then HE ROSE AGAIN!!! So this must mean that JESUS is ALIVE! Then to top it off God sent HIS spirit so that GOD, JESUS could live inside of US. This is by far the best GOOD NEWS that we humans could ever hear! We get to live in complete intimacy with JESUS NOW! Jesus did not stay in the grave, HE came out for US! This GOOD Garden of Eden lives inside of us, complete fellowship with Jesus, a lifestyle of worship praise and all honor and Glory goes to our AMAZING Father in heaven. My HEART is completely overtaken by this amazing love! God created me to love Him and worship him until I get to meet Jesus face to face! I LOVE this GOOD NEWS!!!

SO then, every GOOD and perfect GIFT comes from our Father in Heaven. That means that absolutely everything on this earth that is GOOD is of GOD. There is absolutely no evil in God, think about this in your day to day life. Was your breakfast good? Yep that was a gift from God. Did you get a nice complement from someone? Yep gift from God. Is the sun shining? Gift from God. Is it raining? Yep Gift from God, we would all die without water. Do you have friends, family in your life? Gift from God. God is only GOOD. Let’s stop blaming Him for all the bad stuff in life because it is not from God. Jesus lives inside of us but until He comes again for His bride (believers of Jesus) we live in a fallen world ruled by satan.

So God gave us the greatest Gift we could ever have, HIS BELOVED SON, imagine being God knowing truly how GOOD God is and then having to come live on earth…eek! Then God still showers us with unending Gifts everyday and HE LOVES to do that for HIS CHILDREN!

WOW!!! So next time you say the word GOOD, think a little more about it!

I am so overcome with this GOOD love I can barely even type these words. Let us join together and spread this love of God all over the earth!

And if you have never accepted Jesus into your life all you have to do is confess that you are a sinner and then ask HIM to come into your life and believe by FAITH that you have received him. Jesus is SO interested in living inside of you! That is why He DIED on the cross; HE knows you’re WORTH it! He wants you to know HIM!

WOW! THANK YOU FATHER! I am speechless and humbled by your mercy. I am so not worthy for this love. I thank you for everything you have done for us. Let my life be a song and dance of worship to you!


Love your Daughter,

Alicia

Picture: Christmas 2010 Haiti