I think most of us have the idea, if not all of us, have the idea that the way that God will relate to us is through our doing things for him.

Yes. If I can obey good enough or to the extent that I obey, that's the extent to which I'll experience his

approval of me. And so we tend to think of Jesus like that as well. Surely Jesus,

you know, the most perfect man who ever lived, the holy God, the son of God

incarnate.

He would not want to spend time with me.

I'm a miserable person.

So maybe if I am on my best behavior,

maybe if I've really done a lot of cool spiritual stuff today for him,

then he'll want to give me pursue the relationships that matter most.

I'm Shelby Abbott and your hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson.

You can find us at family life today.com. This is family life today. Okay, who's your best friend?

You.

Oh, Jesus.

Okay, we're not even going to be honest, are we?

I know I'm not your best friend.

Jesus might be.

You are totally my best friend.

You know what, I am your best friend.

I know. But Michelle is your next best friend yes she is yeah

and friendship's really really critical they really matter and we need them

desperately and many of us don't have that and couldn't even say they have a best friend.

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