What kind
of friend are you?
Pro 18:24 .... and there is a friend
that sticketh closer than a brother.
My husband tells of a time a dog attacked him when He was
a young boy, resulting in several scars on his face. He tells of how the kids at
school would laugh and call him names. He had one friend, that he had grown up
playing with. But as they got to a larger school, He discover that friend didn’t
treat him the same way anymore. When the boy’s new friends were there, He would
ignore him. When they were not there, then the boy would treat him like they
were still good friends.
It brings to mind, our friendship with Jesus. Do we find
our self guilty of only being his friend, when no one else is around? Proverbs
reminds us that Jesus is a friend above all friends. Jesus said greater love
hath no man than this, that a man lays down his life for a friend. Jesus did
that for each of us. Why? He felt we worth it.
In Matt 26, we read how Peter denied Christ 3 times. He
had told Jesus that he would never deny him. Things got tough for Peter and he
was put in the spot of making a choice. He was depending on his own strength
rather than God’s. Things can try to get between us and Jesus. We don’t plan it
to happen but our eyes can get off the friend above all friends. We need to take
steps to make sure our friendship with Jesus stays strong.
Spending much time in prayer will strengthen our
relationship. We need the strength, we gain through prayer. Jesus takes time and
waits for us to find that time to spend with him. The more we communicate with
our Lord, the more He communicates with us. The more we praise and thank him,
the more He blesses us.
Situations come up when there is not a lot of time to
pray. We can rest assure that at the name of Jesus, He is already stepping in to
help us. Once I heard someone say, they never say amen because the prayer goes
on all day long. The channels to heaven are already open. You already have the
ear of Jesus.
Read God’s word and memorize it. This will ground you in
your relationship with Jesus. David tells us how he hid the word in his heart
that he might not sin. The Bible is a very powerful weapon. It will cause our
enemy of our soul to be rendered useless when we use it.
Psalms 119:105 tells us that God’s word is a lamp unto our
feet and a light unto our path. Just like a lamp will guide our feet down a dark
path. God’s word provides encouragement. Help when we don’t know which way to
go. It gives us examples of others who have had tough choices to make . It is
full of victories.
Let us not be a friend that pushes Jesus aside, when our
other friends come. But instead let the beauty of our relationship, cause others
to seek after Him too.
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