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, 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 new meaningful way today. Welcome to the First 15 podcast.

God is good. What emotion does that fact stir in you? I know for some this phrase stir

up unspeakable joy, while others of us seem to be immune to its emotion in our lives.

I believe 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 are just told that God is good from a young age,

but we are 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 and 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 God was good and therefore he sought to experience that goodness. 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 host?

My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord.

My heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.

For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere.

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

That sounds like the worship of a good God,

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