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A Friend of God

You can be a friend of God through Christ. Do you think it’s cool to be friends with somebody rich? You get to be a friend of God. Do you think it’s cool to be friends with somebody popular? You get to be a friend of God. Do you think it’s cool to be a friend of some athlete? So what? You get to be a friend of God through Christ. That’s amazing. 

Job says, “I was in the prime of life, God All-Powerful was my closest friend.” The Scriptures also say that Moses spoke to the Lord just as a man speaks with a friend. In James it tells how Abraham became God’s friend. Simply embrace the thought that you get to be God’s friend. How does this happen? Through Jesus, His Son, who came to Earth. If you will place your faith in His death to be the payment for your sins, and receive Him in your heart as your Savior, that is how you are connected to the Father. 

You place your faith and trust in Jesus, as well as allow the Holy Spirit to come live inside of you. And now you have a Friend who is closer than a brother because He is in your heart. You know what is amazing about this? He is all you need. You can step out with the sinners because you do not need what they have. You don’t have to worry about being rich enough, or pretty enough, or this, or that. You can stand in confidence, knowing that He can be your place of security. 

You can step out with the saints, the crowds, the close ones, introverts or extroverts, and know that your heart and foundation are still on the Savior. God is the Friend who speaks to you in the silence. He speaks to your soul. Jesus loves you.

Billy Graham said this, “There are thousands of lonely people who carry a heavy and different burden of grief, anxiety, pain, and disappointment. But the loneliest of all is the one whose life is steeped in sin.” Sin will put you in solitude. Jesus comes to forgive our sins so that you don’t have to be lonely. Jesus wants to be your closest Friend. From that closeness, you then can take a step out in any direction, because you have firm security on the Rock of Ages, in Jesus Christ.