Fighting Words: 7 Days of Speaking Truth Into the Darkness by Ellie HolcombSample

DAY 5: He is Good

Remember that famous scene in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe from The Chronicles of Narnia series? The one where Susan is surprised that the king of Narnia is a lion, and so she asks Mr. Beaver if Aslan is a safe lion? The answer is one of the best lines in all of literature: “Safe? . . . Who said anything about safe? ’Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.”

Some days I really need that reminder. Because life doesn’t feel safe in every single moment. In fact, it can feel so unsafe and unsteady some days that I start wondering if God is really and truly and deeply and fully good. And, by extension, I start wondering if His plans are good. I’m like Susan, wondering what sort of King this really is. Is He for me? Will He abandon me? Are His plans to be trusted?

Man, if I can remember that our King is good! That God’s heart toward me is kindness. That just like this verse promises, all His plans for me are in my best interest. That ultimately, His plans are good, because He is good. Trusting these truths would change the way I face my future: all the unknowns and especially the way I walk through storms and trials in my life that feel shaky or unsafe.

I’m so thankful the King loves us enough to give us a hopeful future, and that His plans for us are good. When the lie closes in that tries to convince us of the opposite—that He really isn’t kind or that His plans are for our harm—let’s walk forward together holding on to this truth. Good kings make good plans. And our King? He’s really and truly and deeply and fully good. That means any plan He makes can be trusted, including the one He has for us. 

• What unsteady circumstances sometimes tempt you to believe God isn’t good? 


• Do you believe God’s heart toward you is kindness? Why or why not? 


• Look back over key moments in your own story. What parts of the journey seemed like God must’ve had the plans all wrong—only to find out later that His plan was actually far better for you than you ever could have seen in the moment?