--Psalm 16 --- You are my Lord, my goodness is nothing apart from You. --Psalm 16:2-
When the psalmist declares, "I said to the LORD, 'You are my Lord, apart from You I have no good thing'" (Ps. 16:2 NIV), I am intrigued. We all know that God is good. But when was the last time we embraced Him as the ultimate good in our life?
The psalmist explains just how good God really is: He is our preserver (v.1), our total goodness-giver (v.2), our counsel and instruction (v.7), and the One who makes known "the path of life" and fills us with with joy in His presence (vs.11). Now that's what I call good!
Unfortunately, too often we let lesser "goods" eclipse our acceptance of the everlasting goodness of God in our lives. The fleeting nature of lesser goods will untimately disappoint us--you can count on it. Only God is truly good! And there is plenty of Him for all we need. ---- -God alone is good. Don't settle for second best.
--ODB/JS
Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]
