Focus on God’s Goodness-Width of God’s Love

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Focus on God’s goodness is found in Psalm 103, verse 12,

“As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”

God’s love is wide, extending to people of all nations, ethnic groups, and languages around the world. His love is full of mercy, extending forgiveness and salvation to those who put their faith in Jesus.  According to the Bible, everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

Psalm 103 instructs us to remember all of God’s benefits, and then identifies some of them. Mercy stands out as one of those benefits. He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. He is able to separate us from sin so that nothing in all creation can separate us from His love.

The width of God’s love reveals the goodness of God and is a reason to give thanks in the Year of Gratitude.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com