Jonathan McReynolds - God is Good Lyrics

“God Is Good” by Jonathan McReynolds is a short benediction-style song that sings a blessing over the listener. Each line begins with “may” or “let”: may struggles keep a person near the cross, may troubles show the need for God, may battles end the way they should, and may bad days and the whole life prove that God is good.

The lyric turns hardship into a reason to lean on God. The idea that affliction can draw a person closer is close to Psalm 119:71, and the closing claim that all of life will show God’s goodness recalls Psalm 34:8 and Romans 8:28. The same five lines return again and again, with only small changes in wording, so the song works like a repeated prayer for the congregation.

A spoken thank-you to the audience sits near the end, which marks it as a live recording. The message is that even difficult days can serve as evidence of God’s goodness, so the song offers encouragement without trying to explain the pain away.