Never Question God's Love

We know that God in his goodness will meet all of our needs according to His will for our lives, but when Satan attacks he tries to make us believe that our needs are not being met. One of Satan‘s tricks is to convince us that God doesn‘t love us. He will put thoughts into our heads like ―If God loved you, he wouldn‘t allow you to go through this trial. Once you start to doubt the goodness of God, Satan will use this to lure you towards his bait.

James 1:17 'Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above'. Sometimes, the gifts we receive may not seem good; like Paul‘s thorn in his flesh. As we see in 2 Corinthians12:1-10 Paul found a blessing in this gift. The thorn in his flesh was given to him to keep him humble and not prideful. He asked the Lord Three times to take this from him, so you know it was difficult to have. In the Greek it shows that Paul asked this in three separate occasions not all at once. And God‘s response was 'My grace is sufficient for you‘. God would use this thorn or stake in his flesh to keep him from being prideful; therefore, this painful gift was a blessing a good gift given for a perfect reason and purpose.

The verse goes on to say ―'and comes down from the Father of lights'. Comes down is a present participle; meaning it keeps on coming down. God does not give occasionally; he gives constantly. Even when we don‘t see His gifts, He is sending them.

We should never question God‘s love or doubt His goodness when difficulties come or temptations appear. Remember, Moses told the Israelites‘ to remember God‘s goodness in Duet 6:10-15 when they went to the Promised Land.

We have a choice, to flee temptation or to succumb to it. God‘s gifts are always better than Satan‘s bargains. So the next time you are tempted, meditate on the goodness of God in your life. Never toy around with the devil‘s bait, it will snare you every time.