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The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent. - Exodus 33:11
A British publication once offered a prize for the best definition of a friend. Among the thousands of answers received were the following:
"One who multiplies joys, divides grief, and whose honesty is inviolable."
"One who understands our silence."
"A volume of sympathy bound in cloth."
"A watch that beats true for all time and never runs down."
The winning definition read: "A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out."
"One who multiplies joys, divides grief, and whose honesty is inviolable."
"One who understands our silence."
"A volume of sympathy bound in cloth."
"A watch that beats true for all time and never runs down."
The winning definition read: "A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out."
When learning how to pray, have you ever heard these words? "Just talk to him like you are talking to a friend."
Moses and Joshua learned the secret of prayer and how to make it real in their lives. But there is a difference between Moses and Joshua.
As you invite God into your life, he becomes your friend. He becomes the one who multiplies joy and divides grief.
There have been times in my life when I thought Joshua was the one to model. After all, he never left the tent of meeting. There is something admirable about a closer relationship, isn't there?
But the more I think about it, I think Moses had the right pattern in mind. He developed his relationship with God, but then he went out into the camp. There were friendship lessons that needed to be learned, but then there was a time for school to be out of session. There was a time to put the lessons into practice.
Do you enjoy a balance between time with God and friendships with others? Do you carry the lessons you learn in the Tent of Meeting into the camp?
Are you the kind of friend that comes in when the whole world goes out?
Are you the kind of friend that comes in when the whole world goes out?
Are you taking time both to get closer to God, but also to get closer to others?
Take this quiet moment to ask God to teach you friendship lessons, and to carry them into the relationships around you.
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