GOD IS PERSONAL

Let’s do some movie trivia.  Tell me what movie series this statement comes from, “May the force be with you.”

That’s right—Star Wars.  Thinking of God as some impersonal cosmic force would come from a movie—it certainly doesn’t come from the Bible.  Star Wars may be good entertainment, but it is bad theology.

God may be above and beyond our highest thoughts, but He is not aloof from us—we are made in His image so we may as persons relate to this personal God.

Whereas, we might consider verses throughout Scripture, we will look in just one book—Psalms—and see some evidences of God’s personality:

• God Thinks.

“He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by name. Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.” (147:4-5). God is a rational Being.
 
• God Feels.

“The boastful shall not stand in Your sight; You hate all workers of iniquity.” (5:5)

“God is a just judge, And God is angry with the wicked every day.”  (7:11)

“The Lord laughs at him, For He sees that his day is coming.” (37:13)

“How often they provoked Him in the wilderness, And grieved Him in the desert!” (78:40)
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“For the LORD will judge His people, And He will have compassion on His servants.” (135:14)

Hate, anger, laughter, grief, and compassion are among the emotions God feels.  God is an emotional Being.

• God Wills.

“For the LORD will judge His people, And He will have compassion on His servants.” (115:3).  God is a volitional Being.

Because God is rational, emotional, and volitional, He is also relational. This is the God you should know—and you can know Him through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.  Jesus said, “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” (John 17:3)