I’M GOOD

When was the last time you said “I’m good” or “I’m fine” when someone asked how you’re doing? Probably quite recently. We use these sorts of responses all the time without really saying anything about how we actually feel or what we’re going through.

I have answered with “I’m good” more times than I can count, but lately it has begun to bother me. Because, whether we realise it or not, we are saying something specific when we use the word “good”. Jesus once met a rich young man who called Him “Good Teacher” (MATTHEW 19:16). The young man was right, for Jesus is both good (completely perfect) and the Teacher. He is the only One who can actually make that claim.

Jesus, however, challenged the man to think about what he was saying in using that word “good”. “So He said to him, ‘Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments’ ” (V.17, NKJV). Jesus wanted the man to understand that the statement he was making needed to be taken seriously. Jesus can be
called “good” because He is God. The great news is that if we have given our lives to Jesus, we actually are “good” too, because He includes us in His perfect goodness (PHILIPPIANS 3:9).

What I’m thankful for . . .

Thank You, Jesus, that You are good. Thank You for forgiving me of everything I have ever done wrong, making me brand new and bringing me into Your goodness forever!

GOD IS GREAT AND GOD IS GOOD,
BUT WITHOUT HIM WE ARE NEITHER.

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