a friend of God

by Peggie Potter-Balaun
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      Genesis 5:24  Enoch walked with God & he was not there because God took him.
 What do Enoch, Abraham, Moses, & David all have in common ?  What did Adam
once have in common with all these ?
                         Answer: closeness , friendship & fellowship with God !

       1 John 4:16 tells us that God is Love & he who abides in love abides in God
and God in him.

       Most people sadly don't understand or even think about Father God's incredibly
loving nature & that He deeply desires friendship & fellowship with each one of
us. He also desires that through Jesus we both attain this closeness as well as
His nature of love that we would also genuinely love one another as He first loved
us.

       I don't believe most people realize just how grieved Father God was when Adam
broke fellowship with Him; the one he used to walk with in the cool of the evening.
As parents think of how we fell when a beloved child breaks fellowship with us !
How much more our loving Heavenly Father who would that none should perish, but all
should come to everlasting life through His Son Jesus.

       Enoch was in such fellowship with Father God that he was taken to the Father's house
without death ! Abraham, Moses, & David accomplished remarkable feats, not because they
simply could; they were no different that you or me; but because of their closeness and
reliance on almighty Father God !

       We do ourselves a disservice comparing ourselves to them as like us they were all mere human beings ! 
 The only difference is that they chose closeness & fellowship with the all-powerful, all loving Father God ,
the one who knows & loves each one of us intimately and desires that His perfect will be accomplished in us.
We can't achieve that without actively seeking Him each & every day with all our hearts !

Peggie Potter-Balaun.