Good is God

Psalm 16:2

I said to the LORD, “You are my Master!

     All the good things I have are from You.”  (NLT)

     Even though it is politically incorrect to use the master-slave narrative to reference how most relationships work in this fallen world, it is in truth, a reality. Because whatever controls the way you live and think, is by definition your master.  When people spend most of their time and energy trying to get what the world offers them, it controls just about everything they do—they become enslaved by it—it owns them.  This same kind of relationship can also be applied to our life in Christ, for when you accept Jesus as your Savior, you become His because He paid the price for your redemption—He set you free from your slavery to sin and this evil world—He owns you.  Even though God is the Creator and He owns everything, He gives us the freedom to choose our masters.  We can choose Christ Jesus and live under Him, or we can choose the god of this evil world, Satan, and be bound in sin.  We can choose the Father of Life and live righteously, or we can choose the father of lies and live in sin.  When you reject and rebel against God, you become a slave to your sinful flesh and you will spend your time and energy seeking to satisfy your lusts with the evil things of this dark world. 

    Unbeknownst to me, my master was Satan and I was enslaved by this fallen world for most of my life. I indulged in many of its sinful pleasures, because I thought this life was all I had, and what I got was what I deserved.  But that has all changed because I learned the Truth.  Jesus Christ has set me free from the power of sin that this world embraces.  I am no longer controlled by my sinful lusts and the evil of Satan, for I now belong to Christ.  I have discovered that all good things are from our God in Heaven and everything else comes from the devil, who is the creator of all evil.  With God as your Master, you will sleep in peace knowing that His goodness will be with you when you awaken.  So who would you like for a master, my friend?  The God who lovingly created you to live in His goodness forever?  Or the god of this evil world who wants only the worst for you?  Be wise and choose the God who died for your sins and cleansed you with His blood, so you could dwell in His goodness forever.

                                    A Whisper of Hope

Listen closely, My child…don’t let this world enslave you with its evil pleasures that result in death.  Instead, allow me to be the only Master you serve and I will shower you with goodness.  Bondage to this world will only leave you empty, alone and afraid.  But when you serve the Living God, the Lord and King of creation, you have everything!

Romans 7:24-25

Oh, what a miserable person I am!  Who will free me

from this life that is dominated by sin? Thank God! 

The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord.  So you see

how it is: in my mind I really want to obey God’s law,

but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.  (NLT)

                      How true it is that a servant is not 

                    greater than the master.

                              (John 16:13)