What is good? It is the ultimate spiritual good for each of us who believe. It must be for those who believe for the verse says for those who love the Lord and are called according to His purpose. In order to really see and experience the good we must believe and operate in faith.
Good is not defined by what we want. In our immaturity we often want that which is not good. That is not limited to those things that are obviously immoral, but includes anything that we desire out of self-centeredness. To a three year old the shiny object on the table looks like something fun to play with, but as parents we do not give in to their cries when we tell them they cannot have the knife.
Sometimes God brings the things our way and sometimes we bring them on ourselves through our disobedience, selfishness, and\or immaturity.
God will work in all things to bring about good, His good, which is ultimately our good and what we should desire the most. God can even work through things that seem bad. Even more incredible is that He can actually work through things that are bad. God doesn’t cause the bad, but in His unlimited power and grace He can take the bad that we so often give Him and blend it in with His grace and produce a good result.
God specializes in growing flowers in the dunghills of our lives. He takes the ingredients that we provide Him, both good and bad and is able to produce something genuinely good out of them.