God is Good

“You are good and bountiful; teach me your statutes.” Psalm 119:68

Many question the goodness of God. I have heard many ask how can you call God good when He permits suffering? It says in the Bible that In this world we will have trouble. But we should take heart! For the Lord has overcome the world.” (John 16:33) 

When Corrie Ten Boom was young, she witnessed a death of a baby. She got very anxious that her father might die. Her father got concerned and asked her, “When you and I go to Amsterdam--when do I give you your ticket?"

She sniffed a few times before responding with “Why, just before we get on the train". Her father then went on, “Exactly. And our wise Father in Heaven knows when we're going to need things, too. Don't run out ahead of Him, Corrie. When the time comes that some of us will have to die, you will look into your heart and find the strength you need--just in time".

And the same is true with our troubles. If we depend on God, He will give us what we need, when we need it. Corrie Ten Boom, when she was incarcerated in the Ravensbrück Concentration Camp with her sister Betsie found the needed strength, hope and perseverance in God who did not forsake her. She went on to be a Christian writer and speaker who traveled the world, and she even set up a rehabilitation center in Bloemendaal for concentration camp survivors.