Friendship with God

Will you be my friend? Do you remember that question when you were in early elementary school? As kids go through different developmental stages so do their relationships. They are looking to figure out exactly what it means to have a friend and be a friend. You don’t often hear adults say things like, “Will you be my friend?” because they pretty much already know the answer to that on the basis of the actions of others. There isn’t usually any kind of formal arrangements or questions.

Is that true of our friendship with God? In the childish beginnings of our relationship , we are asking God “ Will you be my friend?” and it is in His Word that he begins to define what that means, how that looks, and what his answer is. We see it in Abraham, Moses, and ultimately Jesus defines the kind of relationship that we can have. He calls us friend.

Is that how you define your relationship with God? Is it one of friendship? Is it closeness and an intimacy or is it more of an acquaintance, or a professional relationship dictated by rule and formal boundaries?

This week we will talk about what it means to be a friend of God and how we can have that kind of relationship.

See you at church,

Pastor Chris