The Glimpse that Changes Us - Exodus 33

March 6, 2011 AM
The Journey #12
Dave Marttunen

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Friendship changes us because by definition in friendship we must both give and receive. A relationship in which we give but do not receive or receive but do not give is not friendship, but something less. Friendship is love in action; by nature, it chooses the best for the other. Friendship when understood and chosen like this, is both extremely expensive and exceptionally beneficial. This kind of friendship is what God wants with each one of us. Remarkably, this does not point out a deficiency in God as if he lacks something that only we can provide, but instead, it opens up his own nature to us; he, content in himself, offers to share with us what his own nature celebrates —community, friendship, intimacy, and love. If we receive it we are profoundly changed. Today, as we Journey with Israel in Exodus, we can gain a glimpse of God that is reserved for his friends who choose Him.

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