My Personal God: My Cup
by David Chadwick
Not only is God the eternal Creator of the universe, he wants to be your close, personal friend. He longs for you to know him personally as your deliverer, King, and refuge. He wants to be your personal God.
When you know God intimately and turn to him as you would a close friend, you begin to grasp the overwhelming goodness of his character. The vastness of his love. The multitude of ways that he provides for you daily.
Today, God wants to reveal himself to each one of us as “my cup” (Psalm 16:5). To the godly, God offers a cup full of blessings. One that overflows with mercy and grace. One that promises to satisfy the thirstiest of souls.
Think about it. When you are really thirsty, you not only need water, you need a cup. Something from which you can drink until your thirst is satisfied. A vessel to sip from to quench your thirst. The cup is the needed conduit for your thirst to be satisfied.
God loves it when we hunger and thirst for him and for his righteousness (Matthew 5:6). This is one of the many reasons why we need to know God personally as our cup.
Do you know God as your cup? If not, pray to him now: “Daddy, you are mine! Thank you for your love and provision. Remind me to drink daily from your cup of grace. I want to be overflowing with your love and filled to the brim with your blessings and provision.”
“As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul thirsts for you, O God” (Psalm 42:1). And when you drink from the cup of Jesus’s grace, mercy, and love, you will never thirst again.
You are my personal God. My cup.