Good Morning Friends,
“My command is this: Love each other as I
have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life
for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call
you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I
have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have
made known to you.” (John 15:12-15)
I’m not sure you can find a much more
glorious passage anywhere in the Bible than this one. For myself, I might lay
claim to any number of titles that describe my relationship with Jesus Christ: follower,
disciple, servant, one who is loved by Him, one who loves Him, devotee,
worshiper, and you can probably add others.
I would never have thought to claim the title
that Jesus gives us in this verse. I would never have thought that I would have
any right to lay claim to it. It is beyond my wildest imaginations to be called
“friend” by Jesus. That is what He calls us, “You are my friends.”
We are not just servants to do His bidding.
We are not just worshipers from whom He receives praise. We are not just
followers who imitate His example. We are His friends.
To me, that says He not only loves me, He
enjoys me. He not only wants me to follow Him, He just wants me to be with Him.
I can’t think of a better Friend to have than
Jesus. I can’t think of anyone whose friend I’d rather be. That is the
relationship into which He has invited you and me.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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