“Love One Another As I Have Loved You”

As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your job may be complete.

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.”

John 15:9-15

Does your spouse consider you her or his best friend? It is an honor. And to know that Jesus looks at us the same way is simply profound and awesome. As believers, we take comfort in knowing that we are called a friend of God, and He is a true friend who will never falter. If you are looking for the best friend ever, you can’t do better than the Lord Himself.

Jesus is the only faultless Friend you will ever find.

Our Daily Bread – February 29, 2008