Good In The Eyes of The Maker
How would the world define something that is “good?” Most of the time we hear this in normal conversation.
Rando person #1: “How are you?”
Rando person #2: “I’m good, how are you?”
It is our autopilot response. Like our verbal version of driving a Tesla (or riding in it because of the autopilot thing…anyway). For the purposes of keeping the conversation light, this response is never an honest one. We’re actually feeling tired, jet-lagged, burnt out, upset, angry, anxious, or all of the above. But because that might dip too far into the deep end, we just stick with good.
In our nonchalant chin-waggin’, we’ve taken away all of the meaning behind a word that has waaaaaaaaaaaay more depth than the kiddie pool we make it out to be.
The word good appears close to 800 times in the King James Version of the bible, but I think there is one story that most Christians would associate it with.
In the creation story in Genesis, God creates all things on earth (the birds, the trees, the people, and the seas) and says that it is good. Now in our world, this would mean that God was just like, “well, good nuff.” BUT this is coming from the flippin’ Creator of the Universe not just another rando person! If HE says it’s good, you bet your bottom dollar that it is good. And not just it, but YOU!
Wait?! Hold up! You talking about me?
Yes, even you Mr. tired, jet-lagged, burnt out, upset, angry, anxious, or all of the above. God says that we are good and not just that…
“God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.” — Genesis 1:31
God sees us, His creation and says that we are very good. If you switch up the rando people’s conversation from above to:
Rando person #1: “Who are you?”
Rando person #2: “I’m good.”
Our response of good becomes not how we feel but a definition of our very being. Don’t let your feelings or how the world sees you overshadow the lens through which God looks.
Now that lens may not always seem clear to us, but our job is to have faith in the One who’s looking through it.
Believe in who you are because you are good in the eyes of the Maker.
