{"id":7192,"date":"2026-08-19T10:54:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=7192"},"modified":"2026-08-19T10:54:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:54:46","slug":"gods-goodness-often-misunderstood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=7192","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Goodness Often Misunderstood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>God\u2019s Goodness Often Misunderstood<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Many times, God\u2019s goodness is mistaken for His displeasure. But the truth is this: everything the Lord does for His people is good. He can do nothing but good, it is His nature. Romans 8:28 says:&nbsp;<em>\u201cAnd we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp; But how often do we doubt this when hardship comes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a few examples of True Goodness A child given bitter medicine will cry and resist\u2014but the parent knows the medicine is what brings healing. Is that not good?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If an arm must be amputated to save a life, the loss is painful\u2014but the life is spared. Is that not good?&nbsp;<em>Matthew 18:8-9.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the Lord strips away my self-righteousness, lays me low, and brings deep conviction of sin and causes me to look to Christ alone.<br>Is that not good?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If He removes every earthly support, that I may learn to depend fully on Him\u2014He is teaching me to rest in Christ, the only secure foundation. Is that not good?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us never forget:&nbsp;<em>\u201cO taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.\u201d \u2013 Psalm 34:8<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even when His hand feels heavy, His heart is Love.&nbsp; Even when His ways are hard, His purposes are good.&nbsp; God\u2019s goodness doesn\u2019t always feel pleasant, but it is always perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us trust Him\u2014not only when the path is smooth, but especially when it\u2019s rough. For our God is good, and He does good. Always.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>John Chapman<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God\u2019s Goodness Often Misunderstood Many times, God\u2019s goodness is mistaken for His displeasure. But the truth is this: everything the Lord does for His people is good. He can do nothing but good, it is His nature. Romans 8:28 says:&nbsp;\u201cAnd we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gods-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7193,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7192\/revisions\/7193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}