GOD'S FRIEND

 

"Enoch lived 365 years, walking 

in close fellowship with God.  Then

one day he disappeared, because

God took him."

(Genesis 5:23,24 NLT)

Are we missing the main point?

We want to do things for God.  We

want to serve him and be counted

worthy as as child of his.

But notice, there was no special

ministry on the part of Enoch.  He

just fellowshipped with God.  True,

Jude tells us of a prophecy that Enoch

made.  But anyone living close to God

is going to learn something about what

God has going on.

Consider Abraham.  Several different

places in the Scriptures Abraham is 

called "the friend of God."  What was

Abraham's area of service?  He was

simply a "farmer" of his day who 

trusted God and lived for and with

God.

David.  True he became king.  But

why did God make David King. 

Because David was "a man after God's

own heart".  What made him a man after

God's own heart.  He was just a shepherd

boy tending sheep.  But it appears that

when he wasn't chasing sheep, he was

playing on his harp and singing praise

to God.

I have often envied the multitude of 

good things the church at Ephesus did.

[See Revelation  3:2-4]. But God had 

a complaint against them.

THEY DID NOT LOVE HIM LIKE

THEY USED TO.

I don't need to tell you that the first

commandment is:

"And you must love the LORD 

your God with all your heart,

all your soul, all your mind, and

all your strength."

(Mark 12:30 NLT)

Of course if we love God we will

obey him.  But;

HOW MUCH OF OUR DAY IS SPENT

LOVING GOD?

The scariest Scripture I know is in

Matthew as a part of the Sermon on

the Mount.

"On judgment day many will say 

to me, 'Lord! Lord!  We prophesied

in your name and cast out demons in

your name and performed many

miracles in your name.' But I will

reply, 'I never knew you.  Get away

from me, you who break God's laws.'

(Matthew 7:22,23 NLT)

The name of Jesus is powerful.  It can

do anything.  But they in truth did not

know Christ.  They were using his name

like someone stealing your pass word

and using your computer.

Am I actually spending time with Jesus

everyday getting to know him.  Or,

just trying to work for him.