Bless the LORD, O my soul, And all that is within me, bless His holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget none of His benefits; Who pardons all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases; Who redeems your life from the pit, Who crowns you with loving-kindness and compassion; Who satisfies your years with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle. The LORD performs righteous deeds and judgments for all who are oppressed.
– Psalm 103
God is good – this is no slogan, it is reality. The Cornerstone of all theology rests upon this truth without concession. It is the rock solid foundation from which all things pour forth and having an understanding of this reality, we know that all things work together for our good. Not only is God good, He is always good. Indeed, God is the very definition of good. His character and His word reveal it so. God is good…. Psalm 100:5. This is basis of God’s News as opposed to fake news.
The psalmist was a man of incredible insight above his peers that he could articulate so much of the Goodness of God. This was all because it was revealed to him exclusively by God. Similarly, while Peter and the other disciples were asked of Jesus regarding His identity while at Caesarea Philippi, none could answer except Peter. Jesus’ response to Peter’s answer was that it was given him by revelation and it had nothing to do with his intellectual capability. For that reason, it takes only revelation to know who God is and how good He is. The intellect of man as great as it is, is hardly capable of appreciating this depth, let alone comprehends it.
Earlier in the scriptures, this same psalmist was able to compose a song that came from the heart of God through eternity to him that made him pen “Oh taste and see that the LORD is good” Psalm 78:11. This disclosure opened him up to compile many songs of God’s goodness of what it meant to him and to thousands of generations yet unborn. No one could ever know God to be good except through revelation. The prophets foretold that in the last days, we would get a revelation of God’s goodness that would make the world to reverence God. So what does this say to us today. It takes all that we are to really know and understand God and His ways. The spirit, soul, and body all have a role to play in this. With the spirit, a believer can respond to his Creator in ways beyond any other human can fathom because deep calls unto deep. That is the realm of the spiritual. The soul, on the other hand, is the seat of our emotions where we answer to our environment as well as fellow humans.
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