Jesus as a friend

Call To Prayer

Title: Jesus as a friend

By: Njuacha Hubert

Date: 15.03.2025

13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

John 15:13-14

Friendship is a wonderful thing. In friendship, you can rely on one as they rely on you. You know and appreciate them, as they know and appreciate you. It is a source of comfort, of strength and reciprocal kindness.

In as much as there is no perfect human being, you most likely also enjoy friendships. It could be a spouse, a parent, a sister or brother from another mother and father, in other words, a friend of no blood relationship. 

However, friends can fail but there is a friend who can never fail and His name is Jesus. The God we see. The God who became man and dwelt among us. Jesus is our God but also our friend. For he said “13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” And then he died for our sins, proving that we are his friends.

Again Jesus died and rose again and ascended into Heaven but through the Spirit of God dwelling in you, Jesus is closer than our shadow. Meaning, you are never alone because He is right there, beside you and in you (Matthew 28:20). 

Despite Jesus’s loyal friendship and offer of friendship, in another sense, we need to proof our own friendship. For he said “14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.”.  You see that this is now a conditional statement “if…”. So in this sense or dimension, not every one is a friend of Jesus. 

Jesus is loyal, he is faithful and remains faithful. Shall we abuse, his hand of friendship or respond by obeying His command to love one another as He has loved us. The Holy Spirit directs us daily on how to express this love; promptings to give, to pray, to spend time with Jesus, to trust, to forgive, to flee temptation, to let go and let God, to rest in the uncertainties etc.

Prayer Point

May I be your friend Lord as you have called me a friend, all by your mercy and grace !