My Personal God: My Heritage

by David Chadwick

The eternal God of the universe wants to be your close, personal friend. He wants to be your light. Your salvation. Your hiding place. He desires to have a personal relationship with you.

Did you know that the testimonies you collect because of God’s personal and sovereign guidance over your life is your heritage?

King David wrote in Psalm 119:111, “Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.”

Biblically speaking, “heritage” is the legacy passed down from one generation through the next because of a covenant or birthright.

The Bible is full of stories where God moves on behalf of his people. These collective testimonies of God’s faithfulness become our heritage. The heartbeat of our personal God is to establish the heritage of his faithfulness in our lives: times when his angel armies protected you, times when he supernaturally provided for you, moments where his sovereign hand made a way in an otherwise impossible situation.

These “God stories” become our heritage as we form memories about his faithfulness to each one of us. As we remember how God came through for us, we become encouraged to believe that he will come through for us again and again. They are stories that we can pass on to our kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids until Jesus returns. That is a great example of Godly heritage.

Give thanks today to your personal God by saying to him, “Daddy, I am thankful to know that my heritage comes from you. Help me to use my testimony to encourage others in my life with stories of how you have changed me, sustained me, and provided for me over and over. You came through for me once and you can do it again!"

In a world that so easily forgets, may we remember God’s heritage in our lives!