Six Simple Words

Dr. Ray Pritchard
Author, Speaker, President of Keep Believing Ministries

A friend e-mailed me with the news that his mother’s cancer surgery had been successful. He ended his message with this statement: “God is God, good, and great.” As I pondered his words I was struck at once by their simplicity and profundity. How much truth those six little words contain. They summarize an entire Christian worldview.

To say that God is God is simply to remind ourselves of the First Rule of the Spiritual Life: He’s God and we’re not . That truth has become very important in my life. When I read my Bible I seem to find it everywhere–popping up on every page and in every biblical story. Because God is God, he does whatever pleases him and works in every situation of life in ways I cannot see and would not understand if I could see. This is a humbling truth because it brings me to my knees and forces me to admit that he alone is running the universe and I’m not running any part of it–not even the part I think I’m running. the rest

God is God–be humbled.
God is good–be encouraged.
God is great–be thankful.