A song I heard gave me this idea. For a good personal devotion, search a concise concordance for a word that begins with each letter of the alphabet. Then find a verse that represents what God is to you. If you do this, some will jump off the page, and put a tear in your eye, and a song in your heart.
What is God to me?
He is:
my Anchor- Hebrews 6:19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
my Balance- Job 31:6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
my Council- Psalms 16:7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
my Dayspring- Luke 1:78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
my Earnest- 2 Corinthians 1:22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
my Family- (this one got to me) 1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
(think on this one. God calls me son. Hallelujah!)
my Guide- Psalms 48:14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
my Happiness- 1 Peter 4:14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
my Immortality- 2 Timothy 1:10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
my Jawbone- Judges 15:15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. (whatever he provides is all I need)
my Keeper- Psalms 121:5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
my Longing- Psalms 107:9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
my Master- John 13:13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
my Name- Acts 11:26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. (bearing His name brings great responsibility)
my Omnipotent Father- Revelation 19:6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
my Precious Cornerstone- 1 Peter 2:7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
my Quietness- Job 34:29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
my Ram in the thicket- Genesis 22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. (and I have to add Abraham's statement of faith)
Genesis 22:8a And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering:
my Saviour- Isaiah 43:11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
my Testimony- Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
(oh, how often I fail, but I long for this, for God to be my testimony)
my Unction- 1 John 2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
my Virtue- Luke 6:19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
my Waterspring_ Psalms 107:35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
my X-ray- Proverbs 20:27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. (I bet you've been wondering what I would put for X)
my Yearning- Psalms 73:25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
my Zeal- Galatians 4:18 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
I loved this study. I had to expose myself to many scriptures to pick the ones I wanted to use. That's never a bad thing.
Don't go for the easy one. Saviour and anchor are the only ones I chose without searching.
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