God is a Good Guy, Someone Worth Knowing.

God is a good guy and indescribably worth knowing.  Abraham was his friend; you are, too.  God wants all of us to worship Him as God Almighty, but He also wants us to understand that we are His friends.

Never forget:  Even though He is Almighty God and you are His friend, pride should have NO purchase in your heart or mind because no matter how deep your relationship is with Him, he will judge sin and wrongdoing;  He will correct you, just as any engaged, loving father would do.  Having said this, in His faithfulness, love, and fatherhood, you will find peace, love, wise counsel, and eternal friendship.

The whole thing sometimes seems absurd, doesn't it?  How can one person, standing on a speck of a planet in an extravagant universe, know God and he His friend( or anything even close)?

King David, too, pondered this question in the eighth Psalm, v.4, "What is man that you think of him, man that you care for him?"

After all, when was the last time the ruler of your country called and asked to be your friend?  Why would the ruler and creator of everything want to befriend you or me...to allow us to know Him?

I don't have that answer!  All I know, from all I've read and from my own experiences, is that this is exactly what He wants to do.

I can't begin to understand what God sees in me that He considers it worth the bother.  What can I possibly bring to the table?

My conclusion is that His character is love, fatherhood, and relationship.  He went to the point of moving heaven and earth through His Son's death to reconnect with you and me, because He places great value on folks like us.

Can it possibly be that God sees us in our defeats, battles, and losses and cheers for us - not excusing our sin, but seeing the hordes of dark evil spirits working against us and impossible odds of being saved?  The Bible says that is it "easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle"  that to be saved.  God, in His love, helps us, the underdogs - choosing us, caring for us?