God for You
He took the cloak that had fallen from Elijah and struck the water with it. "Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?" he asked. When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to the left, and he crossed over. (2 Kings 2:14)
A common sentence told in many prayers is the following: ‘The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob’. It is in no way bad; on the contrary, it is a clear reference to the verse found in Matthew 22:32. However, there’s something that is deep in that sentence that seems to be ignored by many followers of Christ: Yahweh had a deep, personal and intimate relationship with each of them. Does he have the same relationship with you? In fact, it leads to the question of if you are you able to claim God as being your own. What does that imply and how does one get to such a level with the Holy One of Israël?
In understanding how to personalize and make a relationship with Yahweh, there is a certain level of intimacy that must be breached. It’s about you and Him. It’s the way that you perceive God and ask Him to be a part of your life. If you ask the Lord to be just that, a Lord, He will be just that with you. However, if you follow what Yeshua said and to call Him your Father (Matthew 6:9 - 13), it is different. A child can always approach their father for anything, from gifts to forgiveness and everything in between (Luke 15:11 - 32). As a child of the Most High, it is therefore imperative to know that the title that you attribute to Him, combined with His name, personalized Him to you.
As His child, it’s time to listen to Him. As a Father, Yahweh will ask you to listen to Him and His instructions. That would mean you have to live by and abide by the Laws of which He prescribed you (Deuteronomy 6:1 - 2). That is done by two things: reading the bible (2 Timothy 3:16 - 17) and hearing what He has to say to you (Hebrews 4:12). From those elements alone, your faith will grow (2 Peter 3:18) as long as you keep searching for Yahweh with all of your heart, for you will find Him (Jeremiah 29:13; Matthew 7:7). Finally, do not stop praying (1 Thessaloniciens 5:17, Matthew 6:6). Those are elements that will bring you closer to God and make you able to serve Him and His purpose for you in your life.
With a relationship that is built on faith, relying on Him for everything, it almost seems childish to ask you to know Him. Do not be the Samaritan woman, who worshiped what she did not know (John 4:22); know the God that you serve. If your god contradicts himself, than He is not the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, for He does not contradict Himself (Number 23:19). If your god promotes an unhealthy and unholy lifestyle, than they are not the God of Israël, who commanded His children to be holy (Isaiah 6:3). If your god is telling you to sin, than they are not the Alpha and Omega who abhors sin (1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Proverbs 6:16-19). Like a child knows their father, know who Yahweh.
There is no world in which Yahweh doesn’t want you or love you (Jeremiah 31:3) - therefore, do as He asks and cling onto Him, that they might be for him a people that know His name, to praise, and to glorify Him (Jeremiah 13:11). That’s how you transform your relationship with Him, from the God of Abraham to also being your God.