Have You Been Good, or Bad?

Mike's Super Easy Sunday Message

“He sees you when you’re sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. He knows if you’ve been Bad or Good, so be Good for goodness sake!” We sing those words about Santa every year. The jolly ol’, pleasingly-plump, man in the red suit. How about singing that same line with God as the subject – kinda makes a bit more sense! HE knows if you’ve been Bad or Good, according to HIS standards! But what IS the act of being Bad or Good? Does Mankind truly have a set of rules for this? Let’s dissect, shall we?

You’ve decided to set a goal – something that you will work towards to attain. You then successfully ACHIEVE that goal – success! – the outcome was considered a GOOD one! Now, on the flip-side, you do NOT achieve that goal – one would consider this a BAD outcome. This, of course, is all in the eyes of Man. God, however, gets the absolute and final say of what is truly Good or Bad – and there’s no negotiating!

For example: the people that attacked America on 9/11 (and I dislike using this as an example but I think it fits) this group ‘set a goal’, put plans into action to achieve it, and, successfully, met their goal. To the ‘goal setters’ this was considered a Good outcome. On the other side of the coin (the one I’m on) we consider this heinous ‘goal’ as being a Bad outcome. This is all in the eyes of Man. Depending on who you are, an outcome could be considered Good or Bad – but, NOT with God! He makes ONE decision, either it was GOOD (in His eyes) or BAD (also in His eyes)! In the case of 9/11, do you think God was glad because of someone’s perceived ‘Good’ outcome? Do I really have to ask?

There is no, none, ZERO, amount of ‘good’ things you can do to get to live with Him, afterwards. Just KNOW that He’s there – ALWAYS – seeing you when you’re sleeping and knowing when you’re awake. He knows if you’ve been, and ARE, Bad or Good – so, be GOOD, in HIS eyes, for Heaven’s sake! YOUR Heaven’s sake! Even though you’ve let God into your life, you still must live it in the ‘eyes’ of Good - God’s GOOD! Are you still on His ‘Naughty List’?