Friend

“I am a friend to all who fear you, to all who follow your precepts.” (Psalm 119:63)
Who are your friends? As a parent you should be concerned about who your child’s friends are. Friendships shape the character. We cannot make our children be friends with the right people but we can make it much easier for them to choose proper friends.
The Bible has a great deal to say about friends. David, who wrote many of the Psalms, had a good friend in Jonathan. Jonathan was interested in obeying the commands of God and his friendship with David made it much easier for David to follow God’s Laws just as David’s friendship with Jonathan helped Jonathan to obey.
The writer of Proverbs reminds us that we have a friend that is closer than a brother. That friend is Jesus. Jesus told His disciples that “You are my friends if you do what I command.” John 15:14. Now we cannot command our friends to do what we command them but Jesus can. Does our friendship with Him depend upon our obedience? Yes it does. He told us to obey and then He gives us the will and the strength to obey.