COMPANY OF A FRIEND

1 Corinthians 1:9 AMPC God is faithful (reliable, trustworthy, and therefore ever true to His promise, and He can be depended on); by Him you were called into companionship and participation with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Do you ever meet up with a friend? Maybe you go shopping together, or you invite them to go out for a coffee, or to go for a walk? You want to have their companionship because you enjoy their company.😊

Our verse talks about companionship with Jesus. In Revelation He speaks of standing and knocking on the door of our hearts and if we’ll open the door to Him He will come in and dine with us. He wants our companionship which is a lovely thought. He wants to share His plans and thoughts with us but we have to spend time together for us to hear what they are.

Next time when we’re waiting for a bus, or waiting for the red traffic light to change, or at any moment of the day, we can be aware of Jesus keeping us company in that moment. I know it’s always good to have time set aside specifically to read His word and listen to Him but we can be doing it no matter where we are or what we’re doing.😊

God never leaves us, He is in us and we can lean into Him at any time and be aware of His companionship. We can talk to Him when we go to the beach, when we walk in the woods, when we go to the supermarket. 

John 15:15 NLT I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me. Jesus is the friend who sticks closer than a brother, through thick and thin. He wants to confide in us like good friends do, and He has all wisdom at His fingertips ready to counsel and help us when we confide in Him. He’s the best friend of all, who loves us and never criticises us but who guides and directs our footsteps.

2 Corinthians 13:14 NIV May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

So next time we sit down for a cuppa, or we go for a walk, it’s actually a golden opportunity to invite Jesus’ Holy Spirit to keep us company like good friends do, and just enjoy His companionship and His friendship.😊 Amen.

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DO WHAT YOU KNOW

John 15:14 AMPC You are My friends if you keep on doing the things which I command you to do.

We all have questions in life and I heard someone say this recently, “Don’t let what you don’t know stop you from doing what you do know!”, and it really struck me! There are lots of things we probably don’t know or understand in the spiritual realm but it doesn’t need to stop us from obeying God’s instructions and leaving the outcome to Him.😊

I know some reasons why our healing is hindered but others I don’t understand yet, but it doesn’t stop me from praying for people or from taking authority over the devil and resisting him in my own life. It doesn’t stop me telling him to take his lying symptoms with him and to take his hands off me because I belong to God, and because by Jesus’ wounds I was healed (1 Peter 2:24). I know to do that much, so I do it!😊

We don’t need to know everything! We just need to know the One who does, and we have Him living on the inside of us if we belong to Jesus. God has told us to ask for wisdom and He will give it to us, but to ask in faith. (James 1:5-6) 

In Luke 6:38 Jesus told us to “Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.” I don’t know how or why that works, but I do know if I do it, it will happen!

We may not know why we’re told to declare we’re strong when we feel weak (Joel 3:10), but I do it because we’re told to do it. If we wait till we understand everything we will do absolutely nothing, but if we go with the little bit we do know, when we just obey, God will make up the difference.😊

As long as we remember we are dealing with spiritual things and that we are to walk in the Spirit, not our mind, or our flesh (Galations 5:16) we will allow the Holy Spirit to work through us for our benefit and others.

So be encouraged to just do what scripture tells us, and “Don’t let what you don’t know, stop you from doing what you do know.” 😊 Amen.

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