For The Lord Is Good

For the Lord Is Good begins where biblical worship so often begins: with the character of God. The declaration that the Lord is good and that His love endures forever runs like a refrain through the Psalms and through Israel's worship. Terry MacAlmon shaped that timeless truth into a congregational song that became important enough to give its name to an entire evening of worship at the World Prayer Center.

The placement of the song is significant. Before worship becomes a response to what a person feels, it can be anchored in what is true. God is good. His love endures. Those declarations remain steady whether the worshipper arrives full of joy, carrying disappointment or simply needing to remember who God is.

That is consistent with Terry's approach to the presence of God. Worship is not an attempt to create God through emotion or music. It turns the heart toward the God who is already worthy. The music serves that turning. As the congregation repeats the truth of His goodness, faith and gratitude have room to rise.

For the Lord Is Good later became part of The Sound of Heaven, where it helps establish the album's central idea: the sound heaven recognizes is worship directed toward the true character of God. The song is not complicated, and it does not need to be. Its strength is its foundation. Before asking for glory, healing, refreshing or a visitation, the worshipper begins with confidence in who the Lord is - and worships from there.