When you see the word, “friendship”, who immediately pops into your mind? Have you known them for a long time? What is it that makes you friends?

When I think of the word friendship, I think of someone who has been with me since high school. That was our initial meeting but over the years we have become more than friends, we are family. We have done life together — the good, the bad and all the times in between. We have laughed together, cried together but what I believe has been our greatest strength is that we have not only prayed for each other, we have prayed together.

Friendship is one of life’s greatest gifts.

True friends want good for their friends: and the highest good, is that they might point their friend to God. To remind them of God’s love for them and the importance of loving God with all our heart, soul and mind.

A wonderful example of true friendship in the bible is the relationship between David and Jonathon. Jonathon was the son of King Saul and King Saul despised David because it was David that was to be the next king. Saul wanted that title for his own son, Jonathan. But Jonathon knew that God had called David, and he was fine with the call that God had placed on David’s life. Saul, not so much.

In 1 Sam 23: 15-16 reads, While David was at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph, he learned that Saul had come out to take his life. And Saul’s son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength in God.

That is the essence of true Christian friendship. It goes beyond common interests, beyond affection, beyond fun and laughter —the ultimate aim is to help our friends find strength in the Lord. As friends we are to remind them of God’s wisdom and refresh their spirit with words of God’s love.

In the midst of all the crazy, who couldn’t use such a friend as that?

Join us this Sunday as we continue our new sermon series entitled: Friendship in the Time of Covid.