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!