Sometimes the simplest of statements can make the most profound impact. Think about these familiar yet insightful lyrics, “God is so good to me.” It could not be an simpler, and yet, it could not be any more profound. Six words. All of them single-syllable. Four of the words are only two letters in length. The longest word has only four letters. Let’s explore its depth.
GOD. The greatest subject for any sentence! Scripture presents God as the Creator (Gen. 1:1), the Sustainer (Heb. 1:3), the Eternal (Psa. 90:2), the Unchanging (Jas. 1:17), the All-Powerful (Jer. 32:17), the All-Knowing (Psa. 147:5), the All-Present (Psa. 139:7-12), the Loving (John 3:16), the Merciful (Psa. 136), the Faithful (1 Cor. 1:9), etc., etc. There is nothing simple about “the glorious splendor of [His] majesty” (Psa. 145:5), to whom belongs “glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever” (Jude 25).
IS. The present tense verb has significance. This is not limiting the activity of God to the past (although He worked in the past), and it is not limiting the activity of God to the future (although He will work in the future). It is focusing on what God is doing right now and doing so continually!
SO. This is an adverb of degree that indicates a great extent (synonymous with “very” and “extremely”). For such a small word, this has a huge meaning. Consider just two verses: “Who is SO great a God as our God?” (Psa. 77:13). “God SO loved…” (John 3:16). This word will magnify the next word.
GOOD. God is the only one qualified to define that which is “good” (Gen. 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31). “Taste and see that the Lord is good” (Psa. 34:8). “No one is good but One, that is, God” (Matt. 19:17). And He is the one who makes “all things work together for good” (Rom. 8:28), for “every good gift and every perfect gift is from above” (Jas. 1:17).
TO. Obviously, this is a term of direction or movement, which emphasizes that God’s goodness is not merely something that is characteristic of His nature and merely possessed internally by deity. Rather than harboring His goodness for Himself alone, He readies it “to” send forth.
ME. Me? What? That can’t be! The Holy and awesome God (Psa. 111:9), who exists in a constant state of extreme goodness, is ready to extend and direct that goodness to…me? “I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies” He has shown (Gen. 32:10). I need more time to meditate upon and learn to more fully appreciate this most profound reality!