I attended a Christian artist concert the other day, and there was a lot of good in it, and it gave me a lot of opportunities to pray and connect with God. However, if there was one thing I would add ... one area where it could be improved in the message... it would be that they kept coming back to the theme of saying that God was good and trustworthy because of all the good He gives us and that we could stand on His word because it would result in getting what we desire and trust Him with.
I get it. I understand that people might be lacking and want to believe in something good coming to them, instead of just bad. But, I want to posit something for you to consider. God is good, even when He does not give you what you desire. I don't even mean, because something better is coming, instead... though it certainly can be. I mean He is good, period. He is and has been in my life good in standing with me in trials, listening to me when I don't have answers and am stressed, and simply being loving in ways that doesn't result in a physical expression. I've learned much in the times He didn't answer prayers about myself and grown in ways I could not have if I'd got what I desired. God is god in and of the light and the darkness and helps us understand giving love and grace to those in both.
So, that's the message I wanted to post this morning. When you find yourself like Paul and Silas chained up in some prison of life, worship, because as even that artist noted God's goodness doesn't depend on our circumstances. I hope that helps someone, if only to know God is still there for you in prayers that go unanswered.