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made goodness was not good enough. Jesus’ comment that there is only One who
is good and that is God is something that we as Christians believe to be a
foundational truth.
We believe that God IS good ALL the time. The book of Psalms is known for its
declaration of God being good. Here are three verses that would reiterate this
fact:
Psalm 34 v 8 – “Taste and see that the Lord is GOOD.”
Psalm 35 v 8 – “GOOD and upright is the Lord, all his ways are loving and faithful.”
Psalm 100 v 5 – “For the Lord is GOOD, his mercy is everlasting”
For us as Christians, it is the goodness of God in us that causes any form of
goodness to be lived out through us. Any goodness that is evidenced through
legalism or self-effort holds no merit and is considered null and void. The fruit of
God’s presence in our lives is evidenced through goodness in our lives as a result
of the living presence of a very good God who dwells within us.
Prayer Thought: Won’t you today do your own goodness evaluation and realise
that any goodness through you, which is not as a result of God’s goodness in you,
holds no eternal value. Talk to God about this and make sure that it’s the power of
Christ in you that is your experience.

FRIDAY
Isaiah 6 v 1 – 9
Yesterday we established the fact that there is only One who is good and that is
God. Today I would like to take this a step further by showing you that any of our
own man-made goodness is considered superficial when confronted with the
overwhelming goodness of God Himself.
The passage that you read above confirms the statement that we made yesterday
about the greatness of the goodness of God. When Isaiah entered the temple that
day he probably would have considered himself to be a “good” person, after all he
was a prophet, he was held in high esteem and would probably have held a
position of high authority within the religious order of the day, but when he came