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If there is ONE reason for us to be thankful to God during this time of thanksgiving, then it is because He is GOOD.

Among the many things that the Bible reveals to us about God, there is one unmistakable truth - that is repeated throughout scripture ---- God is a good God!

Oh, give thanks to the lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! (Psalm 107:1, 8)

Oh, taste and see that the lord is good; blessed is the man who trusts in Him (Psalm 34:8).

We usually give thanks to God and praise Him for His goodness when everything is wonderful. However when things are “not so wonderful” we tend to think that God has stopped being good. When we pray for couple of hours at the beginning of a day, we tend to think that God is going to be very good to us this day. But, when we pray only for few minutes the next day, we tend to think He may not be good to us. We are guilty of thinking, at some point or the other, that God’s goodness is somehow dependent on how long we pray. But God is good because of who He is and will be good to us whether we pray or not.

Some of us think God is good only to Christians but the scriptures say: The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and great in mercy. The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works (Psalm 145:8,9).

The Lord is good to all. Even to the ones who may persecute us. God is good to the sinner not just to the churchgoer!

That you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for he makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust ( Matthew 5:45)

This is why we can pray for sinners who are in a mess, and still ask God to pour out His goodness on them. God is good to all. There is no need to tell the sinner to clean up and get his act together before he can come to church for God to be good to him. Let the sinner come to God just as he is --- sinful and in a mess, and yet the goodness of God will lead him to repentance.

And because God is a good God, He desires good things for us. He can never contradict Himself by saying, “I Am a good God but I want bad things for you.” What He says, does and wills are always good.  

Because God is a good God, He is a Generous Giver.

If earthly fathers can give good things for their children, God is the ultimate Father. And if we, though evil, treat our children with such love and care, then I can guarantee that God, who is infinitely greater, wants good things for his children.

God is a giver of good and perfect gifts, He will not withhold good things from us.