There is no wickedness in God

“The Lord is upright; He is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in Him.” Psalm 92:15
It’s amazing the number of people there are who say things like, ‘If God allows babies to be born deformed/natural disasters to kill people/etc. then I don’t want to have anything to do with Him - He must be evil.’ It’s hard to reason with such a person, although the answer is simple: the world we live in has been corrupted because of sin, and God isn’t responsible for these tragic events that happen.
The Bible teaches us over and over again about the character and nature of God. Today’s verse is one of the key cornerstones: The Lord is upright, and there is no wickedness in Him. Everything God does is right, pure, good, perfect. He is the definition of what is good (see Mark 10:18). But every now and then we are tempted to think, if we were God, we would do something different, and better. We would have answered that particular prayer by now. We would have saved that child from being injured, or contracting that disease. By thinking this, we are saying that what God has done in the situation is not good. The truth is, if we think there is any wickedness in God, then we are the ones who need to change.
I’m not trying to pretend that we can understand or explain everything that happens. The Bible says, God works all things together for good for those who love Him (Rom. 8:28). I once heard of a Christian man whose wife was raped in their home one night while he was out at a prayer meeting. How can God use this awful thing for good in their lives? I don’t know – but I know that He can, because He is God, and He is good. The verse doesn’t say that everything that happens to us will be good, but everything works together for good. When tragedy strikes, God is not the one responsible. We live in a fallen world, under the influence of Satan, the wicked one. But God is able to bring good out of it. And that’s all I need to know.