OUR FRIEND

“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.  Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever.  Amen.”

Philippians 4:19,20 KJV

Rev. William Charles Poole wrote the beautiful hymn “Just When I Need Him Most”.  I love the words in this hymn.  “Just when I need Him, Jesus is strong, Bearing my burdens all the day long; For all my sorrow giving a song, Just when I need Him most.”  All of us need Jesus every minute of every day.

Jesus is our Friend.  When we are sad and discouraged and in tears and want to go to bed and stay there, Jesus reassures us that He still loves us and that He will help us.  Just as we cheer for our favorite sports team to encourage them, Jesus also cheers for us to encourage us on to victory.

Our Heavenly Father loves us.  He supplies everything we need and He even gives us things that we don’t need just because He loves us.  What a precious and loving Heavenly Father we are privileged to know.  We are not worthy to go into His presence but because of the shed blood of Jesus on the cross, we can.

Yes, Jesus is our Friend.  What about us?  Are we His friend?  Does He know that we are His friend by our encouraging words to each other and by our kind and loving actions?  Jesus said “Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you” (John 15:14).  Are we doing what Jesus commands us to do?

Heavenly Father, thank You for supplying all our need and for giving us things we don’t need.  You are a tender loving and forgiving Father and I love You with all my heart.  Thank You for adopting me into Your family.  In Jesus’ Name, I pray.  Amen.

Joanne Lowe

July 18, 2015