from 2014
A friend of God
I think we may
have missed the whole point of what God wants for us.
We have so
majored on ministry, ministry gifts, and intercession that we
missed His first purpose for creating us. From
the garden of Eden he
has wanted friends and family. For me
it is a paradigm shift that
began a year ago (Jan 2014) just after the New
Year. God's first desire is that we
become friends.
Adam and Eve in
the garden had only one calling. To walk, talk, fellowship
with Him. That is, to be His friends.
That is it. The whole purpose of creating
them was for friendship!
God spoke to
Moses "as to a friend" Ex 33:11
Abraham got the
message and he was called "the friend of God" Jas
Micah got the
message:
Mic 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good;
and what doth the LORD require of thee, but
to do justly,
and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with
thy God?
First and
foremost He wants our friendship. Out of our fellowship with Him
we will, as His friends, discover the
desires of His heart. As His friends the
desires of His heart will become our desires and
we will do whatever it takes to
please Him: All the gifts of The Spirit to
individuals, or to the Church, function to
enable us to fulfill the desires of our hearts
that we developed in His company.
To be His friend
is all He asks of us.
The only epitaph
I desire is: "He was a friend of God"
ralph
Whenever I go out on a limb to say what I believe God is saying I
always appreciate when
I find confirmation from another source. This quotation showed up on Face book today (
from Derek Prince
quote: "I sometimes long to get away from all
the Theology
and all the
religious formalities and just have a relationship
of being God's
friend _ walking with Him and enjoying His company.
I really believe
God loves to be enjoyed by His people."
Derek Prince.
Today,
L.R.
Niebergall
If
I could only teach one message in my lifetime, it would be about friendship
with God.
No
matter what season of life we are in, this is where it all begins and where is all comes back to.
Whether
we are hidden, being trained, or influencing the masses on grand platforms,
Knowing
the Lord as a friend should always be our primary priority.
back to His-Dominion