Isn't God good?

"Isn't God good?" We ask this question all the time in Christian circles. Possibly, just to remind ourselves and others that He is. But if we look at God's character through the lens of scripture we know He can not be anything but good. Goodness is His very nature. So why do we doubt it? We start to lose faith when circumstances right in front of us, cause us to loose perspective of Him and His goodness. It is much easier to notice Him when He moves in a way we can see. When we notice a miracle in our own lives or in the life of someone close to us. We fall on our knees and say "God is good. He sure came through this time." Is there a time He doesn't come through? Granted there are times He does not answer our request as we ask, but is that the same thing as not being good? If my children got everything they asked for, "O my! We would surely get ice cream for dinner, be able to stay up all night and not learn a thing!" To them a blessing, to parents, a nightmare. Who wants to be around a child that has too many sweets and is long overdue for a nap. That is how our heavenly Father is with us. The no's are for our own good, even though we may not be able to see the picture clearly now in our present circumstances. My God is good and He is good all the time. I will CHOOSE to bless his name in the sunshine and the rain, when He giveth and when He takes away. He promises that he will remove the reproach from His faithful people. He will turn our manna to corn. He will give us realization of the promise. We must ask for His perspective. When our time of testing is over, we must give Him the glory for knowing what is best. Rejoice in Him today, for He knows what He is doing in you and He will be faithful to complete it.

Exodus 34:5- "And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed. "The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth,..."
Psalm 27:13- "I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living."
See also Psalm 34; Heb. 11:6,13