God You Are So Good

Dawn Waggoner / Executive Administrative Assistant

As I write this, we recently finished the “Beloved” study, and it has given me so much to think about. One of the big takeaways was how hard it is for me to comprehend the LOVE of God because I so often think in terms of human love, not divine love.

A few weeks into the study, I heard a new song from Matthew West called “Good” and in many ways it summed up what I was feeling. The first verse says, “I used to think grace was a ladder every sinner had to climb, if only I could just do better I could earn it over time.” How often do I live in my own strength trying to please God with all my effort and “goodness” when that is the opposite of what He wants?

The chorus goes on to say:

I'm good at always falling down
You're good at never giving up
I'm good at getting turned around
You're good at saying I'm still loved
And I was wrecked by mercy
The day I understood
I'm not loved because I'm worthy
I'm loved because You're good

I’m loved because God is good … nothing in me makes Him love me. I especially like the bridge:
Loved because You're God
I'm loved because You're faithful to me even when I'm not
Oh God You are so good
When there's nothing good in me
Just a grateful sinner saved by You
Is all I have to be

I am a grateful sinner saved by God. When I sit in that truth and absorb it, I am overwhelmed. I am loved because He is good. I pray you can live in that truth today.

(“Good” by Matthew West: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAEEc-y1WqE)