Week 3 Day 4 - God's Way is Good
- Jun 11
- 4 min read
June 11, 2026
Today at Son Seekers:
Your child learned that God teaches us what is good and true. We talked about how God’s way is not just a list of rules. God’s way is good because God is good, and His way helps us love Him, love others, and make wise choices.
Today’s Simple Truth:
God teaches me what is good and true.
Bible Verse We Talked About:
Psalm 25:4-5 (New International Reader’s Version)
4 Lord, show me your ways.
Teach me how to follow you.
5 Guide me in your truth. Teach me.
You are God my Savior.
I put my hope in you all day long.
In Simple Words:
God’s way is good because God is good.
Sometimes a choice may feel good for a moment, but it may not actually be good. It may feel easier to hide a mistake, say something unkind, leave someone out, stay angry, or avoid saying sorry. But God teaches us a better way.
God’s good way helps us tell the truth, use kind words, forgive, include others, ask for help, apologize, and choose what is right even when it is not the easiest choice.
Today, children were reminded that God teaches us because He loves us and wants to help us grow.
Ask Your Child:
What does it mean that God’s way is good?
Can something feel good for a moment but still not be truly good?
What is one way God helps us choose what is good and true?
Try This Together:
As a family, talk about a simple everyday choice.
For example:
“What should someone do if they want to lie so they do not get in trouble?”
“What should someone do if they feel angry and want to yell?”
“What should someone do if someone is being left out?”
Then ask:
“What might feel easy in the moment?”
“What would God’s good way look like?”
You can remind your child:
“God’s way is good because God is good.”
Simple Prayer Option:
If praying out loud is new for your family, you can simply read this together:
“God, thank You that Your way is good. Teach us what is true, loving, wise, and right. Help us choose Your way even when it is not the easiest way. Help us love You and love others well. Amen.”
If You Are New to This:
You do not have to explain everything perfectly. A simple question like, “Is this choice kind, truthful, and wise?” can help your child think about God’s good way in everyday life.
Faith conversations can happen in small, normal moments — while driving, eating dinner, getting ready for bed, or talking through a hard choice.
Parent Encouragement:
Children learn what is good and true by watching the adults around them. When they see you tell the truth, apologize, forgive, ask for help, use kind words, or choose patience, they are seeing God’s good way lived out.
God’s way is good for children, and it is good for adults too.
Adult Devotion:
The Good Way
Scripture: Psalm 25:4-5 NIV
4 Show me your ways, Lord,
teach me your paths.
5 Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.
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Reflection Time:
I surrender All - CeCe Winans
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Devotional Reading:
Psalm 25:4–5 is a humble prayer:
“Show me Your ways. Teach me Your paths. Guide me in Your truth.”
That kind of prayer sounds simple, but it requires honesty. It means admitting that we do not always naturally know the best way. It means acknowledging that our instincts, emotions, preferences, habits, and first reactions are not always aligned with what is good and true.
Most of us like to believe our way makes sense. We can justify our tone, defend our impatience, explain our avoidance, excuse our frustration, and convince ourselves that our first reaction was reasonable. But Psalm 25 invites us into a different posture.
“God, teach me Your way.”
God’s way is not just a list of rules. His way is good because He is good. His truth is not harsh or random. It is loving, wise, patient, and life-giving. God teaches us because He loves us, not because He is trying to burden us.
Children need to learn that. They need to know that God’s way helps them tell the truth, use kind words, forgive, ask for help, apologize, include others, and choose what is right even when it is not easy.
Adults need to learn it too.
God’s good way may lead us to pause when we want to react. It may lead us to apologize when we would rather defend ourselves. It may lead us to speak gently when frustration feels justified. It may lead us to tell the truth when avoiding feels safer. It may lead us to forgive, set a boundary, ask for help, wait patiently, or choose humility.
Sometimes God’s way feels harder at first because it challenges our pride, control, comfort, or fear. But the easy way is not always the good way. A choice can feel good in the moment and still lead us away from peace, wisdom, love, and truth.
God’s way forms us.
Every time we choose truth, we become more truthful. Every time we choose patience, we become more patient. Every time we choose humility, we become more humble. Every time we choose kindness, forgiveness, courage, or self-control, God is shaping something deeper in us.
Today, Psalm 25 gives us a prayer we can return to in ordinary moments:
“God, show me Your way here.”
“Teach me what is true.”
“Guide my words.”
“Guide my response.”
“Guide my attitude.”
“Guide my next step.”
You do not have to already know the best way. You can be taught by a good and patient God.
Adult Reflection Questions:
Where do I need God to teach me His way right now?
What easy choice might not be the good or wise choice?
How is God inviting me to choose truth, humility, kindness, patience, or courage today?
Simple Prayer:
“God, thank You that Your way is good because You are good. Teach me Your paths. Guide me in what is true, loving, wise, and right. Help me choose Your way even when it is not the easiest way. Shape my words, my attitude, my choices, and my heart today. Amen.”
Optional Next Step:
Before one decision, response, or conversation today, pause and pray:
“God, give me wisdom.”
Then take the next step slowly and faithfully.
