79. God Speaks Good
Numbers 10:29 And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, we are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do the good for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.
Moses invites his father-in-law to come with them to the Promised Land. The Lord will give it to us and we will do good there, and you will enjoy the benefits of God’s promised blessings with us. The invitation is extended to us as well, we who are not physically descended from Israel. Our Promised Land, which our Lord is giving to us to possess, is the Kingdom of God. Jesus brings it to us and invites us in. The Land comes into our hearts and lives, and God does good to us in that kingdom.
The promise is based on the Lord speaking good concerning us. God promises good things, great blessings and spiritual abundance and fruitfulness. He gives us the Kingdom to enjoy forever, and all of it is good. The Lord speaks good to us. God’s words are blessings and good things for us, for what He says actually happens and what He promises actually comes true. The Lord has spoken good; the Lord is speaking good about us all the time; and He will speak good about us forever.
The Lord says good things about us, and He promises to forever say good things about us. No matter what you think of yourself or what others think of you, God is always thinking good thoughts about you. He can say good things about you because you have Jesus Christ inside you; God sees Him living in you and He is well pleased with Him, and so with you. He sees good in you (in the Jesus-in-you) and so He can say good things about you. You are beautiful to God, good and pleasant in His eyes.
I need this promise so that I can honestly say good things about Jesus, who lives in my heart and makes me good. There is a beauty to holiness that is too glorious for human eyes. But we believe God’s Word: He says He sees it. We believe what God sees and says, not what we see and what humans say.