Your Best Friend

Who is your best friend? I am sure you can think of someone. I am sure we all have people who we rely on and count on. We all have people that we turn to when things are tough and when we want to share our joys. Where does God fit into this equation? Who do you turn to when people, friends, let you down? Who would be your best friend then? We were built for spiritual communication with God. God is our only source of true and eternal friendship. We are spiritual beings having a human experience, so would it not make sense that our best friend needs to be with the one who created us? This is not to say anything bad about friendships or the people we call friends. It is just that we all know friends will let us down. We all know that we become jealous and angry with others. We all have been dissappointed with people we still and once called friends.

You're cheating on God. If all you want is your own way, flirting with the world every chance you get, you end up enemies of God and his way. And do you suppose God doesn't care? The proverb has it that "he's a fiercely jealous lover." And what he gives in love is far better than anything else you'll find. It's common knowledge that "God goes against the willful proud; God gives grace to the willing humble."

James 4:4-6

The first place to begin to find a friend is with God. God gives far more and far better thananyone else we could call a friend. We end up enemies of God by wanting our own way and attempting to make things work for what we think is our good in every situation. God does not become our enemy, but we become God's. We work against God, fighting the unfolding God is doing in our lives. We push back every chance we get by complaining about how things are not working out, people have hurt us, and how "God could not love us because things have turned out this way." We do not befriend God, but push him aside like a the "geeks and nerds" we once did this to in the halls of school. The very person we should be best friends with we fight against and choose others who could never love us like God. Befriend your God today. God has so much to offer and is giving it to you whether you recognize it or not. Far better to allow it and be thankful for it rather than becoming anxious, angry, and scared that you will be alone and unlnoved. The reality of your life is that you are loved and taken care of but will you let your expectations match reality?

Namaste'