Does God want good for us?

God say's do not worry about food or clothing or about your life period. 

[Matthew 6:25]

Why? because He promises to take care of us

if we put our trust in Him. This doesn't mean we wont

struggle or have tribulation it simply means God has our back and we are ultimately not in control, but our Father who is:

All knowing

All powerful

and seeks our good is.

Since there is struggle and tribulation in this life,

does that mean God doesn't want any good for us?

This probably sounds like a dumb question, it is however a question that has been brought to my attention that I struggle with. 

Don't get it twisted; I don't question if God is good or

if He watches out for us, this is kind of hard for me to explain, so let me try and explain it this way.

When tribulation comes I'm prepared to not turn my back on God, not going to blame or curse Him for troubles that come my way. However, when things are relatively fine it seems my focus is on the upcoming struggle/tribulation, like I am waiting for when trouble comes around so I can give it to God and show that I wont rebuke Him for it. My reasoning for doing such I believe is for two reasons

Reason #1

Because of in the past how when I was going through 

a kidney transplant(at 17 if you haven't read my testimony) I refused to believe there was a god,

and I cursed the only god I was exposed to at that time, which just happened to be the Only ONE true GOD

there is. I've realized my error in cursing God and feel

such shame and sorrow for ever doing so that now I wait for any tribulation to come so I can try and make up for my cursing of Him and prove that I love Him.

Now in a sense I am in the right, we should absolutely

praise God even if we are going through struggle( no matter how big or small the struggle is) As Christ says;

"In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good

cheer; I have overcome the world."-(John 16:33)

So we should put all our faith in Him to pull us through!

However we should not be waiting for tribulation or trouble with a negative mindset, further more my mistakes in the past are just that.. in the past, I can not 

make up for what i've done, in fact… Christ has already made up for it, and Only He could rectify my wrong doing in the first place.

Reason #2

Simply put…"The name it…claim it…prosperity gospel"

nothing upsets me more then blasphemy against God, He is everything to me, so hence this false gospel I abhor. Not only is this gospel of "God wants you to have all the desires of your heart" leading millions to hell, I also believe it is robbing the very goodness of God.

"And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you;

seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened

unto you. For every one  that asketh receiveth; and he 

that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall

be opened."-( Luke 11:9-10 )

A verse that gets twisted by the prosperity gospel to mean "whatever we ask for we shall get". So when it is spoken or I come across it I ignore it, because I don't want to hear about asking for things or God wanting good things for me, because it's about His glory, and I only care about HIM, not what He can do for me.

Now again with reason #2 for struggling with God wanting good for us, I am in a sense in the right. It is absolutely about God, and everything is for His glory and I better not dare think that He is some kind of genie in the sky thats there to grant my every desire. But at 

the same time it please God to bless His children

Luke chapter 11 after verse 10 continues with..

"If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if [he ask] a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, 

will he offer him a scorpion?

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall [your] heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?"

Luke 11:11-13

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

John 15:7

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do [it].

John 14:13-14

And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give [it] you.

John 16:23

If we ourselves being as corrupt sinful and wicked as we are know how to do good to our children, then how much more our Father in heaven? GOD is the ultimate good, the biggest blessing we will ever receive is Him opening our eyes to His existence, drawing us closer with Himself, why would we want anything more? creator of the heavens and earth who actually wants a relationship with us? of course God wants good for us He wants Himself for US does He not?

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

1 John 5:14

God is good, this isn't about wealth this isn't about having all that we desire, it's knowing that we have a God who listens to us, who wants to bless us, who wants to work through us and it is still all for His glory!

But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that

wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind

and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall

receive anything of the Lord.

James 1:6-7

Ask in Faith, you want wisdom? you want knowledge?

you want God to help you with something? Then ask in

FAITH! Full Assurance In The Heart! that what you ask of Him He hears you and wants nothing but the best for you! Don't ask with doubt! If you do, then don't be surprised when God doesn't answer your prayers, if you expect Him not to answer you then why would He?

God doesn't work through those with lack of faith.

Ye lust, and have not: 

ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: 

ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts.

James 4:2-3

Do I even need to explain this verse? If you are asking something from God, and you are not getting it…it may very well be because what you ask is not to glorify Him, it's for your own pleasure. If you want to be of the world then be of the world, you can't serve God and be worldly it doesn't work like that, that's why the American gospel of prosperity is abhorrent and a gospel of demons.

God wants the best for us, so He gives us Himself,

even though we don't deserve it…

He heals

He answers prayer

He lifts us up

He helps us walk

He is the end goal

Matt Chandler brought this up while he was going through a brain tumor,and he said he believes that God can heal him, and He will heal him, and even if He doesn't he knows whats awaiting him, and I think it is quite relevant to this whole topic of does God want good for us?

Chandler got "God can, and will, and even if he doesn't" 

from the book of Daniel.

Remember Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego?

(specifically in Daniel 3:14-20) King Nebuchadnezzar

had them in front of him and ordered them to worship a golden image, they refused to do so and the King said if they don't he will throw them into a fiery furnace.

They all still refused to bow down and said; 

"even if you throw us in this furnace

1.Our God is able to save us

2. He will save us

3. even if He doesn't we still wont bow down.

Our God is good and able, He will answer our prayers

but even if He doesn't it is all just a part of His glorious plan.

The Devil

Be sober, be vigilant; because your advisory the devil,  as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour..

1 Peter 5:8

I hope you are aware of that fact, that statement is absolutely true. His attacks come in many different forms, sometimes they are quite obvious and other times we can be deceived. Generally speaking the enemies attacks are the same as they have ever been…

The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life.(1 john 2:16)

I wrote the following "Poem", it's inspired by CS.Lewis's "The Screwtape Letters". If you haven't read that book, and I suggest you do, it's about a demon talking to an underling demon and training him on how to tempt and destroy man. Everything in the book is obviously thus backwards, God is considered the enemy and light is an abhorrent thing. 

The "poem"(of sorts) that I wrote is more about satan whispering in your ear, and trying everything to keep your eyes off God, and he will do that anyway he can, wether thats by puffing you up or tearing you down. He doesn't care either way, the enemies goal is not so much about you as it is stealing glory from God, and if he can take your eyes off God and from giving God all glory then he has done his job.

The point of the poem isn't to glorify the devil and his works, it's more of a warning.

For we know, we have full assurance in the heart that..

"if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."

1 John 1:7

This is something the devil hates, and doesn't want us to have confidence in, that we are saved by the blood of Jesus Christ! The devil is really just a pathetic prideful little worm that has already lost the war but still persists on fighting and taking as many down with him as he can.

The anti-Christ the ultimate wolf in sheep's clothing, the dunce that tempts you with temporal things when you through the blood of Christ are promised eternal things!

You're ever so exquisite, so precious and yet oblivious

just how much you are like a little puppet controlled by proverbial strings.

I can play you so easily, dragging you deeper into self indulgence, blinded by the lusts of your own mind, the self-will far out weighing the surrendering one. You self destruct from your own doing,swallowed hole,ruptured and self defeated by your own flesh, and all I have to do is give you just a little push.

Aw…but in comes your repentance, despicable how He even bothers to listen. How can He forgive you? This cross, sacrificial lamb and grace you don't deserve overwhelms me with utter rage.

it's no bother really, for you are so easily swayed I can turn this very abhorrent  grace into something you yourself won't be able to comprehend. Go ahead and repent….get on your little knees and pray to Him, I'll wait for the right time when you are not so quite focused on Him. 

Repent..haha…fool…do you really think He can forgive you? YOU!? I mean look at you, how many times are you going to slap Him in the face? you just asked for forgiveness didn't you? ooops…looks like you just messed that up again, why even bother to pray to Him?

I bet He's sick of hearing from you and your broken promises and sorries begging for forgiveness, your first compulsion will always be the flesh don't be fooled by your false regret.

You really think you are smart, think you know how I work? just when you start to catch on, I switch the attack and come at you with different ammunition.

Feeling pretty close with Him now? think you are putting all this flesh behind you huh? that's when Ill say good job, you are such a good person, you are so Holy and pure. I'll pierce your very soul with self righteousness, have you disgusted with the very site of other christians, after all, they are not as good as you, look at so and so he didn't even go to church this week, and look at that women gossiping, man these people are so underneath you.

Ill grip you in any way that I can, I'll have you so focused on you that you don't even think about HIM. You'll weigh people down with your own standards that they can't possibly stand, hopefully dragging them down along into your self righteous sin, then i'm killing two birds with one stone. You see, you really are my son. Well done my good and faithful servant.. 

Maybe that's all to easy, maybe you'll come out of that. I could always just overload you with confusion, have everything you see and everything you read turn into a contradiction, because you are easily pulled by worldliness. You want to live and be accepted by them so you hold to their abrasive self pleasing accusations, all the while claiming to follow His word, but I'll use them to blind you! So instead of being changed by the word you will change it to fit the world

Then I'll keep playing you like a fiddle, and you will think you are walking in light, but really you are just blind. You'll be covered in lukewarmness thinking you are on fire, not realizing that you're really just reinforcing my empire. 

So innocent and naive…it's almost too easy

Least of these

Yes many are: liars, thieves, fornicators, druggies and alcoholics and they deserve to be where they're at.

But God, if we all got what we deserved

we would be facing your wrath.

I'm a king on a throne with a castle I call home

They sleep underneath a bridge with cardboard

as padded foam. 

Onward Christian soldier as you ignore

the man begging for a dollar.

Druggie or drunk you tell yourself

so you refuse to help,

rather sit in your church and count your wealth.

Feed the least of these and when you do you feed me,

said Christ.

So how come this is such an oversight?

The homeless person needs Christ

just as much as though's who dress nice.

I'd help... you say; "if I knew he wasn't going to use it

for alcohol or drugs!"

But who died and made you judge?

Maybe you just think it's your christian duty

to use your wealth for yourself, instead of using 

it to buy food for someone asking for help?

After all God wants you rich,

He just must not love that man sleeping in the ditch.

Prosperity has got you blind,

since when was the gospel about getting whats mine?

You give your money to those who can give back to you.

Tithe a percentage that really doesn't effect you,

all so God will bless you.

Rather give your money to wolves in sheep's clothing,

then to a man who has absolutely nothing.

A man struggles with an addiction, drinks himself to sleep because he doesn't think anyone loves him.

There you sit, in your car with a christian fish,

can't stand to look in his direction, all the while

claiming to know all about grace and salvation,

the only solution to penetrate this mans addiction.

But as long as you know Christ…

that's all that matters right?

That drunk doesn't even deserve to eat,

just let him die without seeing mercy

that sounds very Christ-like oh absolutely.

You're forgetting that without God's merciful perpetual plan,

The Son taking the wrath you deserved,

you would be just like this drunk homeless man

only inward.