A Friend of God

I never want to boast or take pride in my relationship with God. First off, I am a very poor servant in His Kingdom. Second, I am not a faithful servant. But when I am not faithful, He is ALWAYS faithful. Whenever I let Him down, He has never let me down.
Over the past several years, I have come to recognize God's voice speaking to me in confirmations through my daily Bible reading, through my daily journals, through work and may other outlets that He chooses. I know that probably sounds schizophrenic to some, but if I didn't serve a living God that has two way conversations, I would rather be an atheist.

Here's a for instance: on Wednesday of last week (1/31/18), I had purposed to wake up earlier than my norm: 6:00am.  However, when the clock went off at 5:45am, I reset it until 6:05.  When the alarm sounded at 6:05am, I was about to hit snooze again, when I heard ringing in my head: "The flesh lusteth against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh...so that you cannot do the things you would." I got on up, got showered and dressed and headed into my study for morning prayers and devotions. I opened my Daily Light devotional and there in the middle of the daily reading - "The flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things ye would." (Gal 5:17)

Last month, I read the book Abide in Christ by Andrew Murray.  It is a 31 chapter book designed to be read daily for a month.  I purposed in my heart that this month I would read With Christ in the School of Prayer also by Andrew Murray. Today's lesson was discussing the parable Jesus shared about the friend at midnight. "And He said unto them, "Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine is come from a long journey, and I have nothing to set before him;' and he from within shall answer and say, 'Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.' I say unto you, though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity, he will rise and give him as many as he needeth." (Luke 11:5-8) The lesson discussed our relationship first with God and how Abraham was a friend of God.  Then it discussed our relationship to our fellow human beings. I began to pray on this and my relationship to God. I felt compelled to read in John 15 where Jesus spoke and said, "I do not call you servants anymore, because a servant does not know what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father." (John 15:15 ISV) Then I open my Daily Light and to my wonderful amazement, the head verse for today was: "Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends." (John 15:15 KJV)

To walk with God as Adam, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, and the disciples, this is my prayer.