Day 141
John 15:14
"You are my friends if you do what I command"
Jesus wants us to be His friends. He said His friends are those who obey His commands. Since He gives commands, He must want us to obey them. Since He wants obedience, and obedience creates friendship, He must want friends.
Are we His friends? How intimate is our friendship? Are we casual friends, who are occasionally obedient or are we close friends who are always obedient? Can He always depend on us? It is up to us how deep our friendship will go. He has given us His commands in the Bible and continues to speak to us by His Spirit. We choose how much we want to obey.
Let us examine where we are and how far we want to go and behave ourselves accordingly. It is amazing how much more fulfilling our lives can be when we become consumed with doing the Master's will. It will become impossible to be depressed and give up. Though it may present itself, we will not have enough idle time to allow depression to get a grip. We become people of purpose and destiny. Better than that, we become His friends.
I will increase in my obedience to Christ. I will become a close friend of His.