My God ! - Bible Meditation

 "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God; in Him will I trust" (Psa 91:2).

Though Saul was chosen by God to be the first king of Isreal, We don't read of him ever referring to the Lord as my God'; but we see David saying 'my God many times. St. Paul says, "My God shall supply all your needs."

          How does God become 'my God' or a personal God? by receiving the Holy Spirit, by taking water baptism, or by doing will of God, you cannot make God your God. For God to become 'my God' I must delight to do God's will, " I delight to do Thy will, O my God: Thy law is within my heart"  (Psa 40:8). You may do the will of God, but you may not doing it joyfully. When you delight to do the will of God, the omnipoint, omnipresent God becomes your own personal God.

          Knowing God and knowing about God are two different things. By reading the word of God, by listening to messages, etc. we come know God. But we know God personally only when we live with God. For that we must delight to do the will of God. "Thy law is within my heart". Unless we delight to do the will of God, we will know our God only with our head, and not with our heart.

             When we take delight in doing the will of God, God will start delighting in us. All our songs, prayers and praises will be delight to Him. When we don't delight in the will of God, even if our songs are melodious they will only be the 'noise of thy songs' to the Lord (Amos 5:23).

                 "My Refuge and my Fortress: my God." Daniel delighted to do God's will, and God became his strong refuge. He was not afraid of the lions. He says, "My God hath sent his angel." If we don't delight in doing the will of God we will have only false refuge. "The hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies" (Isa 28:17). If we do not todo will of God with joy and delight, one day we will realize that God is not our refuge, that all our refuges were only refuges of lies.

Amen