MY FRIENDS, “WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS,” IS THERE ANY GREATER LOVE?

Oct. 6, 2014

MY FRIENDS, “WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS,” IS THERE ANY GREATER LOVE?

“WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS All our sins and grief’s to bear, what a privilege to carry Everything to God in prayer Oh, what peace we often forfeit Oh, what needless pain we bear All because we do not carry Everything to God in prayer.”

A friend for life, oh the privilege of having such a friend, a friendship that maintains a bond of love and companionship throughout one’s life. A bond that has surpassed the test of time. A bond that coexist as one in every situation and circumstances  of our life, whether good or bad.

A friend who has never defected or forsaken us, especially in our most trying times, when the whole world seems to have forsaken us at the very point on this journey when our needs are at their greatest.  A story is told of an individual who was learning to fly, the instructor told him to put the plane into a steep and extended dive.

He was totally unprepared for what was about to happen. After a brief time the engine stalled, and the plane began to plunge out-of-control. It soon became evident that the instructor was not going to help at all. After a few seconds, which seemed like an eternity, the students mind began to function again. He then quickly corrected the situation, and the plane had a smooth landing.

He immediately turned to the instructor and began to vent his frustration. The instructor very calmly said, “There is no position you can get this airplane into that I cannot get you out of, if you want to learn to fly. As a child of God who can with no reservations call our Co-Pilot, Jesus Christ a friend, there is no situation we can get our self into that He cannot get us out of, If we trust and obey.

Paul tells us in Ephesians 3:17-19 (NKJV) So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”

My friends “What a friend we have in Jesus All our sins and grief’s to bear, what a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer” “there are times in our life When the wheels just seem to turn and uncertainties about our tomorrow seems to grow. One thing we should remember and we should always know, “WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS.”

An article in National Geographic several years ago provided a penetrating picture of the love of the one who will not leave or forsake us in our time of need. After a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park, forest rangers began their trek up a mountain to assess the inferno’s damage. One ranger found a bird literally petrified in ashes, perched statuesquely on the ground at the base of a tree.

Somewhat sickened by the eerie sight, he knocked over the bird with a stick. When he struck it, three tiny chicks scurried from under their dead mother’s wings. The loving mother, keenly aware of impending disaster, had carried her offspring to the base of the tree and had gathered them under her wings, instinctively knowing that the toxic smoke would rise.

When the blaze had arrived and the heat had scorched her small body, the mother had remained steadfast. Because she had been willing to die, so that those under the cover of her wings would live. (Author Unknown) OUR FRIEND, OUR SAVIOR, OUR COMPANION, OUR MEDIATOR, OUR ADVOCATE also remained steadfast on His way to Calvary as he covered mankind under His wings of His grace and love as He gave up His life so that we may live. “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 (KJV) MY FRIENDS, “WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS” THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE, IF WE BELIEVE!!!

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY