How do
you define the word good? We wish people a good morning. We say that the apple pie was good. And we sometimes watch a good program on TV. What defines good? The Cambridge Dictionary’s definition is “very satisfactory, enjoyable or pleasant.” Seven times in Genesis 1 God tells us his creation was very good. It was very favorable. We can’t really imagine what God meant, because we have never experienced God’s good. It was certainly beyond a good TV show and well beyond that apple pie. It was a good we have never experienced and never will in this lifetime. Sin has tainted the perfection of God that Adam and Eve once enjoyed. But there will come a time when we will open our eyes and see the perfect world that God has designed for us. Then we will understand what real good is. Then we will see God’s good!
A word of wisdom for a sticky note:
“Heaven’s going to be as good as it gets!”
Today my prayer includes . . .
thanks for this special blessing:
concern for this special person:
petition for this special problem:
A closing verse:
When God the new made world surveyed,
His word pronounced the building good;
Sunbeams and light the heavens arrayed,
And the whole earth was crowned with food.
Isaac Watts
from Hope for Each New Day by Reynold R. Kremer