When I think about what we mean to Yeshua, I am so overwhelmed with pride and humilty all at the same time. I know you’re thinking, “How can that be?” Ever seen your dad so something or say something fabulous, and you said, “That’s MY dad”? You were overflowing with pride for that man! That’s how I feel about MY God! He does something and says something fabulous every day!
On the other hand, this gargantuan God choses to love ME! Yes, prone-to-going-astray ME! Yes, one-made-of-dust ME! I am humbled.
Get this!
- We were once SERVANTS, and you know what? Now He calls us FRIENDS:
John 15:15 — “I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.”
That’s what Israel Houghton was so amazed about — when He got the revelation that the God of the universe calls us ‘FRIEND.’ Yeshua says everything He learned from the Father He has shared with us! Grasp it, friends, grasp it! It’s exciting and amazing!
Get this!
- He did not stop with friendship! He calls us CHILDREN. That’s right — SONS and DAUGHTERS of the most High God.
Galatians 4:6
Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”1 John 3:1
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!”
Wait a minute! It’s not over! He says this through Paul the apostle:
Romans 8:17
“Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.”
- HEIRS! JOINT-HEIRS! Yes, that’s right! Everything that Messiah, my brother (Savior, Redeemer, Friend) has, I also have and have a right to. Look at our brother Yeshua! — not afraid to share with us His Father’s (our Father’s) affections! Having no insecurity in sharing with us all the riches of Heaven! What a friend! What a brother! What a God!
Wait! There’s still more! Look!
- We are His BRIDE! He’s coming to get us! Coming to take us to be with Him! Rescuing us from a perishing world! What a courtship! What a GROOM! What a SAVIOUR!
Revelation 21:9
“One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, ‘Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb’.”
Are you feeling as if you are not special today? Well, you are very special! I hope you now know HOW special?”
PRAYER: Abba, thank you for allowing us to be your servants! If you had never “promoted” us, we, like the prodigal son, would have been pleased to be servants in our Father’s house! But you did promote us! You made us children! We can cry, Abba — (in an intimate, loving way) to such a Father that brings pride and humilty to our hearts all at the same time! And you promoted us again and called us heirs and joint-heirs! Help us to wrap our minds around that reality, Abba; please help us! And you want to marry us! You want us really to be YOURS! That’s what we want as well. We await YOU, Master, Friend, Co-Heir, Bridegroom! We await you! Amen!
Enjoy “Friend of God” by Israel Houghton:
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So past our understanding… how a God could love us and make us joint heirs with His Son, Jesus! Thanks for this!
This is for me. Abba, thank you for loving me so.