Friend of God

In the course of our lives we will each be called many things. Student, son, daughter, father, mother, employee, boss, husband, wife, American, and Christian are a few of the examples. Perhaps the most amazing and joyful thing that anyone could be called is “friend of God.” This is the exciting reality for those who follow Christ.

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 15:13-15

It is difficult to imagine that the sovereign and holy creator of everything would go to so much trouble in order to call fallen sinners “friend”. Christ showed the greatest love imaginable by laying down his life for His friends. Accepting the salvation that is available to us because of this awesome display of love is not a sacrifice, but the only rationale response that we could have to such love. Having friends in high places certainly has its rewards.