A Journal Submitted by: Jaque Shank
That God is good is taught or implied on every page of the bible and must be received as an article of faith as impregnable as the throne of God. It is the foundation stone of all sound thought about God and is necessary to moral sanity. To allow that God could be other than good is to deny the validity of all thought and end in the negation of every moral judgment. If God is not good, then there can be no distinction between kindness and cruelty, and heaven can be hell and hell heaven.
A.W. Tozer – Knowledge of the Holy
As I reread this journal I can’t help but think of the following verse:
He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.”
2 Samuel 22:27 (BBE)
The verses I journalized from were Psalm 145:9,14-16, Job 38:25-27, 39-41, Matthew 5:45.
Jaque, all expectation is predicated upon My goodness—the ground of all anticipation. I am good, and I do not force My attention upon you. It’s easy to have you in My thoughts at all times, but if you would know Me you need to direct your focus towards goodness. Also, if you would be welcomed as a Prodigal, you must come as the Prodigal came.
Your attitudes determine how you experience My reception of you. If you expect goodness you will soon see that I am not slow to give it. But if you expect harshness you will find Me cold and aloof. Your heart determines how you know Me. To the humble heart I am good. In My goodness I show that to live well and be happy means expecting Me in all goodness and favor. It means carrying an uplifting attitude toward Me.
My word shows how good I am, even though your attitude can either reject or receive it. You choose how to know Me Jaque. If you choose Life you choose Me in goodness but if you choose death you choose dark moods and negative outcomes. Yes, because I am good you can move away from negative states.
Choice Jaque. As to how you will know Me is yours to make. This is My gift to you. Choice; the rudder of your ship. Where will your soul sail today? Into seas of goodness or onto seas of tumult? Choose this day how you will serve your Master. Let goodness open the eyes of your heart so you can serve in the light of My goodness. Then nothing but “goodness” will be your experience—no matter what.
Father, I wholly devote my heart and mind to you. Thank you for choosing me to know goodness and to be utterly delighted by it. I expect you to present Yourself as awesomely good. My attitude toward You is elevated above the clouds. Thank you, thank you, and thank you forevermore. Amen.
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