I really like Jerry Savelle's devotional for today!
I AM A FRIEND OF GOD
No longer do I call you servants,
for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you
friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you (John 15:15 NKJV).
God doesn’t just want servants;
He wants friends. He didn’t create mankind so that He could have someone to
grovel at His feet with his face in the dirt. No! God wanted friends He could
walk and talk with in the cool of the day (see Genesis 3:8)
.
Through Jesus’ sacrifice, the
intimate relationship Adam first shared with God is now available to every
believer.
Remaining conscious of your
righteousness in Christ gives you boldness before God and makes your fellowship
with the Father more intimate.
Righteousness gives you the
confidence to come before God and talk to Him as your best friend. When you
understand He looks at you as if you are as perfect as Jesus, you will never
experience any sense of inferiority. That’s why the Bible says, “Let us
therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find
grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:16 NKJV).
Only when you understand your
righteousness in Christ, and remain mindful of it, can you walk intimately with
God as His friend. So, come boldly to the Father today, secure in your
righteousness in Christ, and talk to Him face-to-face, as your friend.
Confession: Nothing shall
separate me from the love of my heavenly Father, which He has poured out on me
through Jesus Christ. Because my righteousness is in Christ, I can go boldly to
the throne of grace knowing I am a friend of God.
Every born again believer MUST meditate on these TRUTHS in order to have faith rise so that they can walk in the promises of God for our NEW and BETTER Covenant! GOD has already provided THE WAY for us, the rest is up to us to CHOOSE to believe and to receive! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with one of my favorite Christmas songs! "We Have A Saviour":
Shalom in Him!
