There’s a Christian song that has quickly become one of my favorites of all time. Maybe it’s yours as well. It’s called The Goodness of God.

And there’s a line in the song that really grabbed me the first time I heard it, and it sums up who God is so well.

It goes:

I’ve known You as a father.  

I’ve known You as a friend.

And I have lived in the goodness of God.

I love that about God. He’s our father, but He’s also our friend and He know which of those we need even before we do.  

As a father, God takes care of us. He provides for our needs and calls us back to Him when we wander off. He is a good, good Father.

Ephesians 4:6 says, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

Psalms 68:5 says God is A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

And 1 Corinthians 8:6 tell us, Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.

He is God and He knows when we need a friend. Someone to pour our heart out to when nothing makes sense in life. When the ground beneath our feet is crumbling. When we feel betrayed or rejected by those closest to us.

He is the best friend we can ever have. Closer than a brother. The one we can count on when everyone else lets us down.

John 15:13 says, Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Jesus laid down His life for us.

In John 15:14 Jesus says, Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

God is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. He is Creator, Savior, and Judge. And He is good. All the time.

Until next time, dear friends, many blessings!

Mary