God is good so I don't have to look elsewhere

For many, following Jesus is like finding yourself driving in front of a police officer and grumbling about it. That officer doesn’t care if you’re happy about driving the speed limit. He doesn’t care if you’re mumbling under your breath how you hate to drive the speed limit. He only cares if you obey the road rules. We often treat God like that police officer, begrudgingly “doing the right things.” But God is not interested in our mere obedience, as though it merits us anything. Time after time, God shows us Himself as our motivation.

Many of us never experience true freedom from sin because we try to conquer it with simple brute force. We try to change our actions without ever changing our hearts. We pull the weeds but leave the roots. We have not truly tasted and seen that God is good so we believe in the goodness of momentary fleeting pleasures that moth and rust will destroy (Matthew 6:19).

Have you thought of sin in terms of believing that God isn’t good enough? What difference might it make in your life to fight sin with something better?

Join us this week for truth #3 in our series Always True for, "God is Good So I Don't Have to Look Elsewhere"

-pastor ben

Do you want to read ahead???

Psalm 34:8 Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

Psalm 100:5 For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

Psalm 135:3 Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing to his name, for it is pleasant!

Psalm 16:11 You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Genesis 1-3