SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
Good
& Plenty
Read: Psalm
16
You are my Lord, my goodness is nothing apart from You. —Psalm 16:2
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.
Oh, taste the goodness of the Lord
And savor all that He has done;
Draw close and give your praise to Him—
The holy, sovereign, faithful One. —Sper
God
alone is good. Don’t settle for second best.
Source:
Our Daily Bread 2012
