OUR FAITHFUL AND BEST FRIEND

“Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.  Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.  Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.”

John 15:14-16 KJV

J.L. Remsen wrote a beautiful hymn about Jesus.  The name of the hymn is “OUR BEST FRIEND”.  I love these words.  “When your path seems dark and dreary, And your lot so hard to bear, Only trust your loving Savior; He will every burden share.”  Jesus is our faithful and best Friend and He never leaves us.

I have not had the privilege of attending Bible College and I haven’t been set apart as a missionary due to having arthritis and not being able to go to church.  However, Jesus Himself said “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit”.

When I walked down the aisle and surrendered to the mission field, Pastor David prayed the most beautiful prayer for me.  He told me not to wait until God told me what He wanted me to do but to start telling everyone how much Jesus loves them.  God gave me the ministry of writing devotions.

I have been attending God’s University for the last ten years with the Holy Spirit as my Teacher.  The more the Holy Spirit teaches me, the more I fall in love with Jesus.  What a Saviour!  What a Friend, this Jesus of Nazareth!  How thankful I am that God allows me to serve His Son.

Joanne Lowe

September 23, 2015