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“…yet now He has brought you back as His friends. He has done this through His death in the cross in His own human body. As a result, He has brought you into the very presence of God, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before Him without a single fault. But you must continue to believe this truth and stand in it firmly.” Colossians 1:22&23 (NLT)
When I read this verse today it really hit me how much God loves me. The first thing I noticed was that my Lord and Savior considers me His friend. Now that is big time excitement in my book! Jesus has brought me back to Him as not only a brother or sister, adopted into His family, but as a friend; man, that’s exciting! He is a friend that sticks closer than a brother!
We sing a song at church called “Friend of God” by Israel and the New Breed. To tell you the truth I didn’t know until yesterday who originally wrote the song, but whenever we sing it, I get all warm and fuzzy. As the words say, “Who am I that you are mindful of me”; I am nothing, yet He calls me friend! How awesome!
The other part of this verse that really excited me is that Christ has brought me into the “very presence of God.” Wow, I had to stop and think about that for while. I often wonder what it will be like in Heaven being in the “very presence of God”; but this says Jesus has already brought me into God’s presence!
Not only am I in His am presence, but I am “holy” and “blameless”! Ask anyone who knows me and they will quickly testify that I am not without fault. Yet, because of what Christ has done for me, God see me as “holy.” Of course I have always known that, but to really understand what that means is awesome. God doesn’t see me as I do, or as those around me do. He sees me in the light of Christ’s righteousness. I am (present tense) in God presence and I am looked upon as sinless. That means I can be confident when I draw close to the Lord; not confident in whom I am, but confident knowing that Jesus has made me a friend of God!
Knowing that you are God’s friend, and that He doesn’t see your faults but rather Christ’s perfection, rejoice as you draw close to God!
Meditate on the things of God!
Love,
Tracy Finney
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