When we declare something good, it doesn’t mean it’s all good. There is a phrase that has been around for a while that shows this.

“It’s all good.”

I wish I knew where this phrase originated. I want to know the situation in which the person spoke. Why am I interested?

It’s not all good.

There are people who think of ways to destroy you and they don’t even know you. That’s not all good. There are people whom you will come to trust who will betray you when you least expect it. That’s not all good. What can you do?

When we say, “It’s all good,” though we know deep down that it’s not all good, we say the words like some kind of magical chant in order to convince ourselves that it doesn’t matter. Yet, we know it matters.

Perhaps we don’t think anyone else cares enough to actually be concerned that it’s not “all good” in our lives. Yet, there is one who does care. It starts with being open and vulnerable to him. How?

We become the kind of people who can care. When Jesus transforms us from the inside out, then we can see things through his eyes for the first time. Then, we don’t declare, “It’s all good,” but we can say with confidence, “There is hope and it starts with Jesus working through me.”

What do you need to be completely honest with God about? What is holding you back from opening up all the way to him?