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The Friendship solution by Deon Crafford

James 4:4-5 You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”?

Who are your friends and how do you know? Who is your bestie? Friendship is one of the most important, yet dynamic elements of human life. CS Lewis writes that friendship is formed when two people discover that they share something (maybe many things) in common. He calls it the “you too?” discovery. Do you see that too, do you believe that too, do you like that too, were you there too, do you pursue that too. When we discover that about another person we’re vulnerable to a friendship starting. And real friendships last forever, despite such friends not even regularly seeing one another. One of CS Lewis’ “Four Loves” is friendship love. And from what the Word tells me, that is what God’s desire is with us. Moses and Abraham were called God’s friends. Piet, Stella, Grant, Jan, Doreen ….. all of us can also be called God’s friends, because of the friendship-making atonement of the Cross. Through the sin-crushing act of Jesus Christ, we have all become friendship material. God provided the Ultimate Solution to our disqualifying sin, so we could become his “you too’s”. Do you too see eternity, do you too have grace and forgiveness, are you too driven by love, do you too want to be friends with Me, are you too eager to bring others into this friendship, do you too want to see people be victorious in the Spirit? When Jesus walked triumphantly from the grave, he walked straight into my life – making me a friend of God.

Love to all

DC