Even more on God's Goodness

" ultimately, God isn't good because he does good things for us. And God isn't good because of something in us. God is good because of something in him.  He can be nothing else. Both God and his choices remain good, even when they may not feel or look particularly good to you. His intrinsic eternal nature, in all of his attributes, is good. God is, in Tozer's language, "Cordial, benevolent,...open, frank, and friendly...he takes holy pleasure in the happiness of His people." In his wisdom and sovereignty, he decides the perfect times to respond to your cries of distress, to deliver you, and to display his greatness. God doesn't have to respond at all, nor every time, nor even in the same way every time. He acts because he is merciful and because he is good. He longs for you to get to know him and trust him in a way that causes you to turn to him when you crash. Why? Because God is for you. He wants to bless you- generously.  Once you start keeping track of God's goodness, you will find you can't keep up. His blessings through nature are countless(Psalm 145); his rescues are continuous (Psalm 107). There is no safer person to go to in the universe. There is no surer source of deliverance or blessing than God's goodness. And yet, beyond all this evidence, the apex of God's revelation of his goodness is in his Son."

Taken from...
God as He Longs For You to See Him by Chip Ingram