Calvin maintains in the Institutes that God is the fountain of every good.

“It will not suffice simply to hold that there is One whom all ought to honor and adore, unless we are also persuaded that he is the fountain of every good, and that we must seek nothing elsewhere than in him.”

You see, our faith not only tells us that God exists, but also who He is and what He is like. He not only IS good, but all that He does is good. God is good all the time – and all the time God is good.

Now, I will grant there are those times we question this tenet. His hand of providence does not always seem kind and good to us as He takes us down paths we would not have chosen. In times like this we learn what it is to walk by faith and not by sight – which is the essence of the Christian life.

If we believe that God is the fountain of all good then it follows that must seek nothing elsewhere than in him. We are to seek pleasure in God and in all that God has made. We are to delight in Him as He delights in us.

This Thanksgiving as you gather around the table remember the words we sing – “Praise God from whom all blessings flow” and acknowledge God’s blessings to us in all of life.