Pastor Ben’s Ponderings

“Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.”
(Psalm 136:1)

Isn’t it good to know that we don’t have to talk God into being good or doing good things in our lives every day? His mercy is fresh every morning, and His love lasts forever. He invites us to “taste and see” just how good He is, for “blessed is the man who trusts in Him” (Psalm 34:8).

The Lord has been good to me all of my life. I’ve made mistakes, just as we all do, but when I humbled myself and took responsibility for my sins, He forgave me and let me start over. He has been proving His goodness to me every day since I started to trust Him.

There have been times when, as the psalmist says, “I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living” (Psalm 27:13). David, too, must have felt this despair at times, yet the Bible says King David was a man after God’s own heart. One of the ways that King David honored the Lord was by expecting to experience the goodness of God in his life. We don’t have to have a perfect record to believe that the Lord will prove His goodness to anyone who trusts Him. I know this is true because He has continually shown His enduring goodness to me and my family. Thank You Lord!