goodness again

I have been asking the Lord to show me His goodness these past few weeks. Tonight, I worked about 8 hours at Applebees. I got a job as a server there a few weeks ago. I have never served before and there is a lot to remember and constantly think about. Which means there is a lot to potentially mess up. And I messed up pretty bad tonight. There was a table of 8 people who all had individual checks and when I went to close them out, I dropped all their bills, credit cards, and gift cards on the ground. So I reorganized them as best as I could, but found out when I went back to the table that I had used a womans credit card on some one else's bill. I had to get the manager and it took me a half hour extra to sort the whole thing out. Thankfully, the ladies were really kind and actually offered to help me figure out what I did wrong. Oh yeah, I was also late for work because I forgot my name tag and card.

After the night was over, my manager asked me what I learned that day. "be organized" I told him. As I left, the thought crossed my mind that I was a failure and I let my boss down. Instantly right there I had a choice. I could dwell on that though and believe it, or I could speak truth to myself. I chose to stand in the truth. I realize that even when we feel like failures, when we screw up or do not meet someone's expectations, God is still good. Even in the hardest times in life, god is good.

Believing the goodness of God is the most important thing we can do. If we believe god is good, then we will trust him. If we trust him, then we will obey him.
I am learning that I need to remember that God is good in every aspect of my life. When I am pissed at my co workers, praise God because God is good. When I am frustrated with the people I live with, praise God because God is good. When I do not get my way, praise God, because God is good. When things in life are going great, praise God because God is good.

I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the LORD
in the land of the living! Psalm 27:13

proclaiming the goodness of God

Recently, I have been learning how often I forget what I have in Christ. It is so easy to live our lives with a sense of entitlement, that the world owns us something just because we are human beings. Often times I find myself expecting things and circumstances in life to bring me happiness. So often I forget how good God is just because He is God. He has given us everything. We have eternal life. There is nothing on this earth that should steal our joy. I am learning that how in the midst of the adversity of life, we need to proclaim the goodness of God. To others, but most importantly to ourselves. As Americans, we are so tied into our happiness coming from the things and the security we have. As the american Church, this thinking typically does not differ. Our joy must be in Christ. Our joy must be in who God is and what He has done for us. When we think life is not going our way, we need to remember that it was never supposed to. We need to stand on the the goodness of God and proclaim it until we believe it and it changes our attitude.

I love the simple Psalm.

"Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His steadfast love endures forever"

Psalm 136

It is so simple but so true. God is good. We have no reason not to be joyful and we have every reason to be. So be joyful today! Proclaim the goodness of God!