---[ Word Index ]--- [ Previous Word ]--- [ Next Word ]---
Date: Feb 21, 2005

This word is submitted by Teresa Seputis (ts@godspeak.org)

-----

                            I Am Good

I love you, child of Mine, and I am good.  I want you to learn to trust Me 
in all things.  There are areas of your life and heart where you trust Me, 
but there are areas where you do not.  I am calling you to let go of those 
things that you are clinging onto and to trust Me with them.

And you must learn that trusting Me doesn't mean I will necessarily do
what you expect Me to do or what you hope I will do -- but trusting Me
means that I will do what is best for you in your given situation, that
My plans and purposes may be fulfilled in your life.  And My plans for you
are good because I am good.

Look at Meshach, Shadrach and Abednego. They did now know if I would spare 
their life when they were about to be cast into the burning fiery furnace.  
Despite that uncertainty, they were able to trust Me and enough to choose a 
terrible death over worshipping anyone other than Me.  And I came through 
for them and spared their life in the midst of a blazing furnace.  The blast 
of fire was so hot that it consumed the soldiers who threw them in -- yet I 
protected and spared My own.  I did this because of their trust in Me.  And 
child, there are times when I will likewise deliver you from your 
difficulties with My supernatural power and give you a testimony of My 
deliverance.

But look also at My servant Stephen.  He trusted Me with the same trust 
that Meshach, Shadrach and Abednego had.  Yet, in His case, I called him 
home to Me instead of sparing his life.  Do not think that Stephen made a 
mistake to trust Me because I did not spare his life.  I did not fail him.  
Rather, I allowed him to enter into the destiny that I had prepared for him 
from before he was born.  Yes, I asked him to lay down his life for Me. And 
I stood beside him as he did it and I did not abandon him.  Then I brought 
him to Myself and this day he is seated with Me in the Heavenly realms and 
his joy is complete and he will never suffer again.  Some may have expected 
Me to deliver him and spare his life, but My perfect plan for him was to 
bring Him home to eternal glory and to give him rewards for a job well 
done.  

I am a good God and all that I do for My children is good.  And child,
My plans for you are indeed perfect.  They don't always make sense to you 
because you are limited to only see in the natural. You see only the past 
and the present.  But I see your future here on earth as if it has already 
happened.  And I see not only this life, but I also see what I have in 
store for you in the next one.  My plans for you are for your good.  And 
yes, even when they don't make sense to you, I still have your best interest 
at heart.  At times My best for you will be different from what you expect 
it to be.  But I am good and I know what I am doing.  I have a plan and a 
destiny for you and I am able to work My glory in all things in your life.

So child, trust Me and know that I am good.  Believe that I have your best 
interests at heart. Believe that I want your joy to be complete and believe 
that I am able to accomplish that in your life. Know that I am a good God
and put your full trust in.  I will not fail you, child of Mine, you can 
trust Me.