I am God’s. He owns me. I am His son. I am His sheep. I am His clay. That is my automatic thought when I think of my relationship with God. Though it is a multi-faceted relationship and friendship, I never forget (almost never) that it is not a friendship of equals. He is God, I am not.
I am His. So this little wrinkle was interesting to me today: He is mine.
My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever. Psalms 73:26 (NLT)
Every other major translation reads that God is “my portion”…something like this:
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalms 73:26 (NIV)
The word “portion” literally means “tract” or “territory”. God is my territory. He is mine. Does that change anything?
To me it does. It makes it personal.
He is my Father, forever! He is my shepherd, forever! He is my potter, forever! I may lose everything else, but I will never lose You God! Nothing can separate me from You! You are mine forever!
