July 7: Is He Yours?

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This God is our God forever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death. Psalm 48:1414For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death. (Psalm 48:14)
SA 48:14{In Deuteronomy, that wonderful book of remindings, God has caused this gracious name, "the Lord thy God," or "the Lord your God," to be written no less than two hundred and twenty-seven times. What a name for Him to be revealed by to the wayward wanderers of Israel! And what comfort to us that He is the same God to us! When you want a helpful Bible subject to work out, suppose you take this, and trace out all through the Bible under what circumstances or with what context of precious teaching He gives these words, and let the gladness of the search be "This God is our God." And then trace out (with your concordance if you like) the responses to this constantly repeated and heart-strengthening Name, noting and arranging the passages that speak of "Our God." Between these you will find every soul need for time and eternity supplied, from the first great need of the awakened sinner who is met with the words "He that is our God is the God of salvation," to the fullness of present blessing, "God, even our own God, shall bless us," and the fullness of future joy when "thy God [shall be] thy glory." As you study, the claim will grow closer, and the response will intensify from the wide chorus of "Our God" to the fervent thrill of the whisper, "O God, Thou art my God.”
What know we. Holy God, of Thee, Thy being and Thy essence pure?
Too bright the very mystery for mortal vision to endure.
We only know Thy word sublime, Thou art a Spirit! Perfect! One!
Unlimited by space or time, unknown but through the eternal Son.