My Best Friend Is God

Ken

“Abraham believed God, and it was imputed [Greek, logizomai, credited, reckoned, counted] unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God” (James 2:23 KJV). What greater title can we have than to be identified as a friend of the Greatest Being In Existence [G.B.I.E.]? Without surprise, Lucifer demands worship for himself as the Great Architect of the Universe (G.A.O.T.U.). May the LORD rebuke him! “They perish at the rebuke of Thy countenance” (Psalm 80:16). Friendship with the Almighty starts with faith from the heart and is perfected in our obedience. “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are My friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of My Father I have made known unto you” (John 15:13-15). In the beginning, obedience was possible for Adam, or God would not have required it. Old Covenant saints were obedient. “The fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning” (Exodus 20:20 NIV). In this New Covenant age, even better than the fear of the LORD, the obedient disciples of Yeshua possess God’s indwelling Spirit. “And I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep My judgments, and do them” (Ezekiel 36:27 KJV). And, the crowning action of God, in addition to our fearing Him and He dwelling in us, Yahweh will secure our eternal obedience, where no rebellion will ever again touch, when the Greatest Being in Existence will forever dwell and walk among us. “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God” (Revelation 21:3). Father, You are the Great I Am, who loved us so much You sent Your Son to die to restore us from our sinning self, and resurrected Your Son, who sent us the gift of Your Spirit. May Your kingdom come and may Jesus return quickly to fulfill all righteousness and deliver His people. In Jesus’ name, we ask it. Amen and amen.