The Bible says, “The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant” (Psalm 25:14, ESV). While we can enjoy closeness with God, our intimacy with Him is also built on a deep reverence for Him. Isn’t that how we would cultivate closeness with our friends, too? Likewise, we need to regularly meet with God and spend quality time to get to know Him more intimately. Nothing fosters my intimacy with God more than spending time with God alone-meeting Him face to face, as it were. Scripture records that “he Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend” (Exodus 33:11). Here are 8 ways you can grow your friendship with God I hope the following things I’ve learned from the Bible will challenge you, as it has inspired and challenged me, to grow in your friendship with the Lord. He may call us His friends, but do we consider Him to be our Friend? Who are we that the Creator of heaven and earth, the Alpha and the Omega, would desire a friendship with us? It’s mind-blowing! As I meditated on this, I also reflected on what it means to be Jesus’ friend. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.” I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. You are my friends if you do what I command. One of the most famous verses about friendship with Jesus is from John 15:13-15, where Jesus says, “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. While preparing for a talk on this subject recently however, I had the occasion to think about God as my Friend, and what friendship with God means.

I know some people worry that we might become over-familiar with God and lose a sense of reverence for Him if we think of God as our Friend. However, I realized I don’t often say that God is my friend. I love relating to God as Father, and I worship Him as King I want to obey Jesus, my Lord and Savior and I desire to listen to the Holy Spirit as a Counselor and Teacher to me.

Bible verse about friendship