Thursday, June 2, 2011

"No worries... it's all good"

One of the "pet phrases" that I've heard alot lately is "No worries...it's all good"!  It seems to be a catch- all response for several things: 1) you're forgiven   2) I don't want to talk about it anymore  3) forget it  4) I'm over it...
The last time I heard it was when a friend was trying to explain her tardiness in repaying a debt. The one who was owed the money got so embarrassed by the explanations that she responded, "That's really ok...it's all good."  She didn't need the reasons - she completely trusts the borrower to repay when she can, so she rests in that. 
I love thinking about the phrase in relationship to our dealings with God and His with us. God continually listens to our feeble excuses for our behavior, attitudes, words, deeds, and even thoughts. He hears our cries for forgiveness and then points us again to the cross where Jesus paid the debt to make it "all good" again. He doesn't ask us to do penance or belittle ourselves...He doesn't want us to wallow in self-pity or condemnation.  Instead, He asks us to let go of our broken yesterdays and move into even deeper relationship with Him. He responds to our repentant hearts not with covering of our sin but total removal, as far as east is from the west!  "It's all good" because He made it that way.
And what about our response?  When trials come and the battle rages against us, we can be secure in the knowledge that "it's all good" because God has it under His control. He plans and executes every detail of our lives for our good (Romans 8:28), has amazing plans for us (Jeremiah 29:11) and has provided everything we need to do the things He has called us to do (Ephesians 2:10). Nothing can separate us from His love (Romans 8:39), He supplies our every need (Philippians 4:19) and we will have the eventual victory  
(1 Corinthians 15:57).  Add to all that is the secure knowledge that our heavenly home awaits us, and no matter what we're facing today we can truly say "It's All Good!" We may not know the whys, but we know the character of our God and that's all that matters!

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