THE LORD IS GOOD

Today’s Text: The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.(Psalm 145:9)

Today’s Thoughts: God is good – always good, and only good! He is good to everyone. He blesses us with our needs, but He also sometimes blesses us with things that are not necessities. In every blessing there is a message written that says, “I love you!” So many people wonder how God can be good if there is so much pain and heartache all around us. I’ve discussed this topic before, but let me remind you that Satan is still very real and wants to destroy us. God hates to see us suffering, but when we sinned we chose Satan as the prince of this world, and therefore, even though God does intervene on so many occasions, He cannot protect us from all heartache because Satan would accuse Him of protecting his subjects, as he accused Him in Job’s story. But God knows how much we can handle and He is still so good. And in every trial, He will not forsake us, He is right there.

Today’s Testimony: About two weeks ago when we arrived home both of our dogs met us at the gate. The Golden Labrador cross Golden Retriever, Rolo, almost always meets us when we get home, but the Basset Hound, George, is too lazy to come all the way to the gate. On this occasion George had been sitting near the gate and he therefore joined Rolo in welcoming us home. We drove forward slowly, waiting for them to move out of the way of the car. It’s not easy to see where each dog is because of the angle that we come in. George, who’s only clever when he wants to be, obviously thought he could take his time to cross the driveway in front of the car and that we’d never run him over. We couldn’t see where he was and accidentally drove over at least one of his hind-legs. We heard his cry of pain and I jumped out the car and saw him hobbling onto the grass. I then stood with him and stroked him encouraging him not to move. He was in terrible pain and shock.
We were going to leave early the next morning to travel up to Johannesburg and would only get back late the night after that. So we had a huge problem. I prayed.
He is a very old dog, and my mom said that he might not be able to survive the vet sorting his leg out. We considered having him put down. He is my dog, and although I knew that it would probably be best for him, I still cried. I took the problem to the Lord.
He had been making use of three legs and had managed to walk around the house. In order to get him to the vet we had to muzzle him because otherwise, being in pain, he would have bitten my step-dad. But my step-dad wasn’t able to muzzle him. We watched him for a while to decide what we were going to do.
He seemed to be managing alright so we left him to see if he would be fine. The lady who was coming over to feed the dogs while we were away kept an eye on him. When we arrived home just two days later he seemed perfectly fine. My twin sister, Julie, even saw him scratch himself with both of his hind legs. God is so good!!!
I didn’t need my dog to be healed, but God healed him anyway. God is good – always good, and only good!

Today’s Task: Trust the Lord. He loves you. His Word says that He is good, and He is. Take your troubles to the Lord, He cares. If you do not get the results you hope for, know that Satan was in control of that. Yes, many say, “but how could God allow that?” but please remember that He does care, and He cries with you when you cry; but Satan won’t allow Him to protect us fully without accusing Him of being unfair, and God therefore knows when to intervene because He knows what is best for us. Some trials, although hard to bear, can even be a blessing in our lives if we place our faith and trust in our loving heavenly Father. Trust God’s wisdom and His love. He is good!

Today’s Thanks: Lord I thank You that You are good. I thank You that you love us so much. I thank You that You haven’t left us to be destroyed by the Devil. Please use every trial to draw us closer to You. Help us to remember that You do care about us, no matter what we go through. You are good Lord – always good, and only good! And I praise You! Amen.