Seize the Moment – Day 507

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06
Aug '21

Seize the Moment – Day 507

Posted on Aug 6, 2021 by Jerry Ingalls in Devotions, General |

06
Aug '21

Friend of God!

Exodus 33

 

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Friday, August 6.

 

Would you consider yourself a friend of God?

 

Friends know one another, listen to each other, and like one another. Friends share common interests and passions that keep them moving in the same direction.

 

Exodus 33:9-11a states that Moses related to God as a friend:

 

Whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent; and the Lord would speak with Moses. When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people would arise and worship, each at the entrance of his tent. Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend.

 

In James 2:23, another Old Testament character was called a friend of God:
 
“The Scripture was fulfilled which says, ‘And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,’ and he was called the friend of God” (cf. 2 Chronicles 20:7; Isaiah 41:8).

 

Is such a lofty title and intimate relationship exclusive to these two rock stars of the faith?

 

Jesus Christ invites you to know and relate to God as a friend in John 15:14-15:
 
“You are My friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.”

 

I love God and I know He loves me! We spend a lot of time together and listen to one another. In the easy yoke of Jesus, I am partnering with Jesus in the work that God is passionate about!

 

That sounds like friendship to me!

 

Seize the moment and live your life as a friend of God!

God bless your day!
 
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