Our Best Friend

Jesus once said, “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. These things I command you, so that you will love one another” (John 15:12-17).

What He said to His disciple then is just as true of us today. People can disappoint us, and we have certainly disappointed others, but Jesus will never let us down.

• He loves us, even though we are not always very loveable.
• He puts our interests ahead of His own.
• He brings out the best in us.
• He would never say or do anything to humiliate or embarrass us.
• He takes no delight in our failures, but rejoices in our successes.
• He never turns away when we turn to Him.
• He never sees us as bothersome. Our calls (prayers) never come at inconvenient times.
• He accepts us, in spite of our imperfections.
• He honors every promise. Forgets none.
• He can always be counted on.
• He is the only one who can help us with our greatest problem – SIN.
• He died for us!

The Psalmist wrote: “It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.” (Psalm 118:8, 9). The point is simple. People, even our closest friends, will sometimes disappoint us, but the Lord never will. We should strive to be a friend like Him!

The next time we sing “What A Friend We Have In Jesus,” I hope that song will hold even more meaning for us. No one can take His place!