Friend

October 30th, 2008

“Henceforth I do not call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.”

~John 15:15

Have you ever read a passage in the Bible that jumps out at you in a way that it never had in the past?

That’s what happened to me, as I pondered this verse not long ago. I’ve read this portion of scripture many times before, but never had I seen it in such light as this!

“…I have called you friends.”

He has called me friend. Me! The One, True God who crafted the universe and died on the cross for my sins is my Friend. WOW!

I’ll close with a few lines from the song “Friend of God” (written by Michael Gungor and Israel Houghton).

Who am I that You are mindful of me, that you hear me when I call

Is it true that you are thinking of me, of how you love me?

It’s amazing!

I am a friend of God – He calls me friend!

May God bless your day!

-Kasie

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  • Justin

    October 30, 2008 at 8:50 pm

    Hey! We sing that in church every so often! Cool. I love that song.

  • Esther

    October 30, 2008 at 9:05 pm

    Ya quite amaizing aint it think abou it to long and youl cry yourself to sleep

  • Kasie

    October 31, 2008 at 10:04 am

    I like it too! Especially the version with Phillips Craig and Dean

  • Mr. Darcy

    November 1, 2008 at 4:39 pm

    I dig this concept immensely. To me it speaks miles about God’s feelings on the subject of friendship. It’s not obedience he wants – obedience is an offspring of a personal relationship. He wants the intimate companionship friendship affords. Note also that this also shows that God considers his relationship primarily a friendship, which speaks a lot about how special friendship really is. Lewis, in the Four Loves shared that he feels friendship to be in some ways the most spiritual of the loves, in that it is unencumbered by any of the trappings romance or familial relationship comes packaged with. Love is all we need.


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