The Overcomer Life

The goodness of God is treated not as it should. We sing the songs but what does it really mean? For myself personally, it took me a long time to really know just how good God really is. It’s the same goodness but how God displays His goodness to others can change depending on each other. He deals with hearts, not outward appearances. Just like with little children, there are often very different ways to deal with each other differently. It is not a cookie cutter approach. Some people may see the goodness of God by a strong rebuke while some others may need just a hug. When we look at the example of Jesus while on the earth, Jesus dealt with everyone differently. He called the Pharisees to be hypocrites. He never called the woman at the well a hypocrite or gave her a sharp rebuke. He was compassionate with her.

Depending on what we’ve gone through, God deals with us differently than each other. If we never knew love and was in a constant home of yelling and pushing around, then what we need the most is love and compassion. What we need the most is a hug. We do not need a strong rebuke or be called a hypocrite if we do something wrong. We would need to be held and hug like a small child. I never knew love and grew up in a household where if someone disagreed with you, they would be cut off. If they didn’t do what they wanted you to do, then they would abandon you. I never knew what love was. I never knew what a real family was supposed to be like. Love often meant yelling at each other. That is not love. There is no good in any of that. When I truly saw good, the more I wanted to follow good. Then the Holy Spirit was changing my heart without me ever realizing it. I was in the goodness of God more and more that repentance basically became naturally the more I seen Him for who He really is.

The goodness of God changes everything but we would have to know what good truly is and means. We live in a world where we do not know what good is anymore, where people rather argue over every little thing instead. How is that ever good? It’s not. It’s the opposite of good. It is not love either. Love doesn’t yell. A good parent’s example: if parent’s truly love their kids, they wouldn’t want to yell at their children, yet we often think it is love if we yell at a neighbor who disagrees with our beliefs. Yelling is not good. When we truly know and experience good, it changes everything. Humans do not know good on their own due to the fallen nature. We only know good when we know God because He is good. But we have to know what good is. We would have to ask God what good really is.