Tuesday, November 25, 2025
I certainly believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:13-14
God Has Been Good To You
It is Thanksgiving week. Hopefully as believers we are giving thanks continually for all God has done in our lives and in the lives of those around us. But this week we focus just a little harder on being thankful. It seems every direction we look we can find so many wrong things in this world. Often, we let the wrong things dim the light of the goodness of God in our own lives.
One story of God’s goodness in my own life is when a friend casually reminded me that God has been good to me after the news of my son giving his life to Jesus. He had been away from church for around 10 years and gave his life to Christ in his little brother’s living room on the Saturday before Easter two years ago. It was such a blessing – and i was happily surprised! I had been praying specifically that God would bring him back to a relationship with him – and I was surprised when it happened. I should not have been surprised. I should have prayed expectantly and lived expectantly like I believed in the power of the God I was praying to.
When he was saved and I was telling some friends about it, one of them turned as she was walking away and casually said over her shoulder “You know, God has been good to you.” It has been one of the most powerful statements anyone has ever said to me - and it is so basic and simple. Yes, God has been so good to me and her saying that to me reminds me every day to look at my life and give thanks for the things he has done.
We do this a lot. We pray because we know as Christians that is what we are supposed to do but we may not actually believe that God is going to answer our prayers. In the verses above David encourages us to believe in seeing the goodness of the Lord and to patience for waiting is really short. We give up hope or we try to start fixing tidings ourselves, which usually ends disastrously. The Bible tells us to wait patiently on the Lord, in strength and courage – and to believe. God is faithful and trustworthy. He will answer our prayers in the way that is best for our good and his glory.
What/who are you waiting on or what/who have you given up on?
How have you seen the goodness of the Lord in your life this past year?
No matter what we ae going through or how long we have been praying, we need to strand strong and courageous believing in the goodness of the Lord in our lives.
Again, it’s Thanksgiving week – here is your reminder: God has been good to you. Stand strong and courageous in faith and wait expectantly for the things you are still praying about – and don’t stop praying. Examine your life every day and thank God for all he has done. It is overwhelming when we really look at our lives and see all he has done for us. We all have so much to be thankful for in our lives.
