God’s Goodness Pursues You

By Rick Warren

God never promises us an easy life. But he promises to carry us through every circumstance.

King David once declared about God: “Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the LORD forever” (Psalm 23:6 NLT).

David knew as well as anyone that bad things happen to good people.

But look how David said only God’s goodness would pursue him. No matter how bad or evil or difficult things can seem, God will work them out for good.

It’s one of God’s great promises that he’s given to believers: Everything that happens to us is working for our good—if we love God and are fitting into his plans (see Romans 8:28). If you’re a believer, the Bible says God works all things together for good—not that all things are good, but God is working all things together for good.

There is no difficulty, dilemma, defeat, or disaster in the life of a believer that God can’t ultimately redeem for his good purpose.

Along with God’s goodness, his unfailing love follows you throughout life as well. King David says it pursues us!

So instead of entering into the future with a question mark, you can do it with an exclamation point! God will be with you no matter what happens. He will help you out. Even on the difficult days, you can be sure . . .

• God’s goodness will provide and protect.
• God’s unfailing love will pardon and forgive.
• God’s goodness will supply.
• God’s mercy will soothe.
• God’s goodness will help.
• God’s mercy will heal.

Picture a parent following a little child around and picking up after them. When we’re struggling with
hurts, habits, and hang-ups, God is coming right alongside us, helping to pick us up out of our messes and comforting us with his unfailing love.

Nothing can take that away from you. There’s no failure big enough to derail what God wants to do in your life. God’s mercy will never leave you. God is with you and he is for you.

That’s a powerful promise to lean on.