In today's devotional, we're going to dive deeper into the reality of God's goodness.

At every turn, just when I wonder how good God really is. He always has a plan to show me how truly

loving and good he is. So as we begin, where are you questioning God's goodness today? When things go wrong, when we get hurt,

it's only natural to start questioning and building walls. But rather than going our own way, let's come before God with confidence, asking our questions,

and inviting Him to meet us in a meaningful way today.

Welcome to the First of Team Podcast. The scripture we'll be focusing on today comes from Psalm 27 verse 13 where David proclaims,

I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord

in the land of the living.

May we join David in faith as we pursue a real revelation of the fact that God is good.

God is good. What emotion does that fact stir in you?

I know for some this phrase stirs up unspeakable joy

while others of us seem to be immune to its emotion in our lives.

I believe that the issue for many of us is that the phrase

God is good is so frequently said and so infrequently experienced. For many of us

we're just told that God is good from a young age, but we're seldom given the chance to experience that goodness.

Goodness is something meant to be experienced and then believed, not the other way around.

David said that he would look upon the goodness of the Lord

in the land of the living.

He had already seen God's goodness in his life and believed that he would see it again.

He knew for a fact that God was good and therefore he sought to experience that goodness.

And it's the same heart that the sons of Cora had in the famous Psalm 84 singing,

How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts. My soul longs, yes, feints for the courts of the Lord. My heart and flesh sing for joy to the living

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