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Becoming God's Friend (6)
'I have called you friends' John 15:15
Friends: we text them, call them, leave silly messages on their Facebook wall, meet up and chat all night, go here there and everywhere. We make time for friends, put the effort in, and we make sure they know they're important to us.
What about God? Does He know you're His friend? Do you make sure you spend time with Him, put the effort in getting to know Him? Is God your number one friend?
David desired to know God above all else. He used words like longing, yearning, thirsting and hungering: 'I ask only one thing of the Lord. This is what I want: Let me live in the Lord's house all my life' (Ps. 27:4 NCV). He even said, 'Your love means more than life to me' (Ps. 63:3 CEV).
Jacob's desire was so intense that he wrestled with God all night, saying, 'I will not let you go unless you bless me' (Gen. 32:26 NIV).
Paul was another man who was passionate about his friendship with God. 'My determined purpose is that I may ... become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him' (Phil. 3:10 AMP).
Can the same be said about you? Are you willing to say, 'Lord, more than anything else, I want to know You'? God's answer to that prayer has always been: 'When you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else, I'll make sure you won't be disappointed' (Jer. 29:13-14 TM).
written by Bob Gass
'I have called you friends' John 15:15
Friends: we text them, call them, leave silly messages on their Facebook wall, meet up and chat all night, go here there and everywhere. We make time for friends, put the effort in, and we make sure they know they're important to us.
What about God? Does He know you're His friend? Do you make sure you spend time with Him, put the effort in getting to know Him? Is God your number one friend?
David desired to know God above all else. He used words like longing, yearning, thirsting and hungering: 'I ask only one thing of the Lord. This is what I want: Let me live in the Lord's house all my life' (Ps. 27:4 NCV). He even said, 'Your love means more than life to me' (Ps. 63:3 CEV).
Jacob's desire was so intense that he wrestled with God all night, saying, 'I will not let you go unless you bless me' (Gen. 32:26 NIV).
Paul was another man who was passionate about his friendship with God. 'My determined purpose is that I may ... become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him' (Phil. 3:10 AMP).
Can the same be said about you? Are you willing to say, 'Lord, more than anything else, I want to know You'? God's answer to that prayer has always been: 'When you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else, I'll make sure you won't be disappointed' (Jer. 29:13-14 TM).
written by Bob Gass
