My Personal God: My Lord

by David Chadwick

God is your loving Daddy. He wants to be intimately involved in every area of your life. Like Abraham, we were created to be friends of God (James 2:23). As his friend, God longs for a deeply personal relationship with you.

While very personal, God is also sovereign. He is in control of everything. He is Lord over all. King David was profoundly aware of God’s sovereignty when he wrote: "You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you" (Psalm 16:2).

David understood that apart from recognizing God as Lord over all, nothing in life made much sense. Life itself offers no guarantees. But God’s sovereign oversight does.

King David believed this reality. Do you? Do you know that the eternal God of the universe is sovereignly overseeing every detail of your life?

But it doesn’t stop at his sovereign oversight. Remember how we started today’s topic? He is also loving, personal and intimate. God is your personal Lord. A sovereign God who is near, close, loving, intimate, and kind. My Lord!

God wants to forever fill your heart with his goodness, his perfect peace, and his everlasting joy.

Say to God today, “You are my Lord. Before the foundations of the earth, you made me fearfully and wonderfully (Psalm 139:14). You know every hair on my head (Luke 12:7). Without you, I am lost. But with you, I am found. You oversee my entire life. You are my personal God.”

God wants to live in a personal, intimate, living relationship with you every moment of every day. Believe this and your faith will never be the same.

When you believe God is personal do you feel God’s peace flooding your soul? Peace is the natural byproduct of a heart that knows God as “my Lord!”

My Personal God: The Source of My Prosperity

by David Chadwick

King David’s relationship with the Lord was profoundly personal.

James 1:17 says, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.”

David knew this promise full well. Everything good in his life came from the Lord. His life was so entwined with God that when David referred to his “prosperity,” it was from a deep awareness that only God was the source of him prospering (Psalm 30:6). Of having more than he could possibly imagine.

David credited God for all his successes and blessings; both for the times that God ensured David’s victories as well as the times He protected David from death.

It’s our loving Daddy’s great desire to prosper his people. Even in war, famine, and chaos, God’s heart is to give his people a future and a hope (Jeremiah 29:11). He wants to make us whole. He wants to form and fashion us into his image. He wants us to share in His complete well-being, His fullness of life, and His peace… prospering us in every way. Body, soul, and spirit.

Do you believe that the God of the universe wants to prosper you? Bless you? Know you intimately? He does.

All good things come from the Lord. He is a provider. He blesses his children. And he loves to do so abundantly, as any loving Daddy would (Matthew 7:7-11).

Today, tell the Lord: “You are the source of any of my prosperity. You are my personal God.”

When you realize this promise, God’s blessings come to you and thanksgiving will flood your heart!

My Personal God: My Rock

by David Chadwick

David found his hope in God alone: “He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken” (Psalm 62:1-2).

When David wrote Psalm 62, he was under attack by his enemies. But instead of giving way to fear, David called upon the Lord–his rock.

King David did not just know God as Lord; he became God’s close friend.

In fact, in Psalm 61:1, when David’s heart felt overwhelmed and faint, he cried out to God and asked Him to lead him to the rock “that is higher than I.” That rock is a place of safety, security, life, hope, and blessing. If floods come and arise, David’s feet are always higher than the flood because God is that rock.

If Jesus has saved your life, you, too, are now a friend of God. The God of creation is now your loving Daddy! He wants to be intricately involved in every area of your life, and he longs to have ceaseless communion with you.

When your heart is overwhelmed, ask your personal God to lead you to the rock. The One with the highest vantage point. The One on whom you can stand as the floodwaters of life rise.

God wants to be your personal rock. No matter what you may be experiencing, you can lean on Him and say things like:

“MY rock will never be moved! I cannot be shaken.”

“On Christ MY solid rock I stand. All other ground is sinking sand.”

“Standing on my God, I am safe and secure. You are MY rock!"

These are some of God’s promises to you. Believe and claim them today.