I have to
admit that I’ve got a sweet tooth. Of all the candies I love, Good & Plenty
is near the top of the list. Life is good when I have a handful of those
luscious, sugar-coated licorice pieces!
There are
a lot of good things in life. But like a feast of Good & Plenty, the
goodness is soon over. Even the best of the good things can afterward leave us
feeling empty and even regretful. So when the psalmist declares, “I said to the
Lord, ‘You are my Lord, apart from You I have no good thing’” (Ps. 16:2 niv), I
am intrigued. We all know that God is good. But when was the last time we
embraced Him as the ultimate good in our life?
The
psalmist explains just how good God really is: He is our preserver (v.1), our
total goodness-giver (v.2), our counsel and instruction (v.7), and the One who
makes known “the path of life” and fills us with joy in His presence (v.11).
Now that’s what I call good!
Unfortunately,
too often we let lesser “goods” eclipse our acceptance of the everlasting
goodness of God in our lives. The fleeting nature of lesser goods will
ultimately disappoint us—you can count on it. Only God is truly good! And there
is plenty of Him for all we need.
God alone
is good. Don’t settle for second best. (RBC)
