Friendship with God

I did not post a devotional yesterday, so today's may be a bit long. After being at a Super Bowl fellowship at church surrounded by friends and my church family, I believe today I am going to talk about our friendship with God. In Romans 5:10-11 it says;

For if, we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life! Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we now received reconciliation.

Now I know it seems wierd to talk about being God's enemy, when we are talking about our friendship with God. But I have to think about what God has done for us, he sent his Son to die for our sins. Now think about your very best friend, would you sent your one and only son to die for something that he or she did? I can say honestly that I could not do that. So think about what kind of good friend that God really is. I would have to say that He is my very best friend and my Father. I mean who else would do that for anyone?

Through Jesus we are made complete, in Ephesians 4:16 it says;

From Him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

From this we can see that we take our lead in Christ. He will help guide us, nourish us, so that we may grow up healthy in God. So we may be robust in love for Him and one another and that we may have everlasting life eternal with God. Makes me think what did I do to deserve to have a friend like God in my life. I have sinned and live a sinners life, and still sin, so why would God want to be my friend, and you are like me then you have done a lot of the same things I have done. If you know me you were probably right there with me when we did those things. I can however tell you why God would want to be our friend and forgive us of our sins. It is three words: HE LOVES US.

The questions for today are, how should or how does your friendship with God affect your relationships with other people? What does verse 11 of Romans say to you?

Now on to the challenge for today is to just thank God for the relationship that He has made possible to have with Him.