The question is this: Are Christians satisfied with the goodness of God?
“If you give up your lust for money and throw your precious gold into the river, the Almighty Himself will be your treasure. He will be your precious silver! Then you will take delight in the Almighty and look up to God.” (Job 22:24-26).
God expects to be the desire of our hearts. The Bible calls Him:
“The Desire of All Nations.” (Haggai 2:7).
He expects us to delight in Him the way a baby delights in its mother.
However, the goodness of God is not amenable to the riches of men. The psalmist says:
“You, O God, provided from Your goodness for the poor.” (Psalm 68:10).
A man can be as poor as a church rat, nevertheless, he is content because he appreciates the goodness of God.
“The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him, and He will show them His covenant.” (Psalm 23:14).
Healing Wings
I proved this scripture early in my relationship with God. I trembled at His word, and He made a covenant with me. He said: “Femi, whosoever you touch and pray for I will heal.” He then validated this with outstanding miracles.
This covenant is now the bedrock of my ministry which God named “Healing Wings.” Thus says the Lord:
“Unto you who fear My name the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings.” (Malachi 4:2).
“The goodness of God is laid up for those who fear God.” (Psalm 31:19).
Beholding the Glory
Moses feared the Lord. He yearned for God and desired to see the glory of God. In reply, God said to him:
“I will make all My goodness pass before you.” (Exodus 33:19).
The psalmist reiterates this:
“Blessed is the man You choose, and cause to approach You, that he may dwell in Your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, of Your holy temple.” (Psalm 65:4).
The question is this: Are Christians satisfied with the goodness of God? If we were, we would not complain about anything at all. We would not mumble and grumble in adverse situations and circumstances.
Jesus told the Samaritan woman by the well of Jacob:
“Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” (John 4:14).
How many of us have received this water from the Lord? For this reason, we are not satisfied with what we have. We are still thirsting for the world and for the things of the world. We are oblivious to the fact that:
“(God) satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness.” (Psalm 107:9).
Jeremiah says lovers of God are satisfied with the goodness of God. (Jeremiah 31:14). But
Christians are not satisfied with goodness. David says those who love God rejoice always in His goodness. (2 Chronicles 6:41). But instead, we long and lust for things that can never satisfy us. (Ecclesiastes 6:3).
Bastardisation of Goodness
Jesus says:
“No one is good but One, that is God.” (Matthew 19:17).
However, we say all kinds of things are good, so much so that we bastardise the meaning of goodness. We meet someone and say, “He is good.” We have a meal and say it is good. We read a book and say it is good.
