Christ is your BFF

“I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends because, I have told you everything I have heard from my Father.” (Jn 15:15)

We truly are God’s friends and no long his slaves. Moses, Joshua, and David all were called “servants” or “slaves of Yahweh.” Yet we have become friends. Christ revealed all that he knew to us. Only, our minds are so imperfect and clouded by original sin that we are unable to comprehend it all, especially if we try to on our own.

“I have told you this so that my joy might be in you and your joy might be complete” (v.11). When someone has the time of their life, they want immediately to share it with someone close by. In the same way, Jesus loved life and the Father so much, that he wanted to share it with us. He was full of so much joy that he wanted to share it with all people, so that his joy could be experienced by others, becoming their own joy. And today, Christ continues to share that joy through others.

A friendship is built on love and self-sacrifice for the other. When a friend is sad, both are sad. When a friend is happy, both are happy. “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” (v.13). He did this for us. What now will we do for him in return?

Christ, the Word of God.
Christ, the Good Shepherd.
Christ, the Bestest Buddy in the world.