Goodness of God
Devotions:
“For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.” Isaiah 64:4 KJV
“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.”
1 Corinthians 2:9-10 KJV
God only has good things for us because He is only good. God will judge sin but for us He judged our sin in Jesus. We have not even begun to think of the great things that our Father has in store for us. When Moses asked to see God's glory, God refered to it as His goodness and Moses could not look at the fullness of God's goodness and live. In fact Moses could only look at the fading hind parts of His goodness. When we know this we live in expectation of God's goodness being manifested towards us all the time. Remember it is the goodness of God that leads us to repentance. The more we experience His goodness the more we turn from those things that destroy us.
In the New Testament passage Paul adds that the Spirit will reveal the awesome goodness that God has for us, it all begins with Jesus and ends with Him. Paul goes on to say that we receive this information by praying in the Spirit.