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The Real Reason Jesus Died For You

I love Breakfast With God so much because it provides me with the great opportunity to share personal, life-changing moments with people all over the world.

A few weeks ago, I was at a friend’s birthday get-together, but this was a different type of shindig. While all 20 or so of us guests (all ladies) were there to celebrate my amazing friend, she made her special day really about Someone else. The celebration was all intended to point the attention to God and his overwhelming love for us. I thought that was a fantastic idea.

‘Small chops’ (a sort of Nigerian take on canapés/starters), lots of banter and beautiful worship music later, my celebrant friend, calmly and unknowingly, said the most mind-blowing thing:

I was walking home one evening, with the Lord – I know that sounds strange, but yes, it does happen – by my side, and the Holy Spirit revealed something amazing to me; that this – this closeness, this friendship, this intimacy – is why Jesus really died for us.

What did she just say?

It didn’t take a millisecond for it to sink in before it made complete sense – all the sense in the world, in fact.

“The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the extravagant love of God, the intimate friendship of the Holy Spirit be with you all,” Paul wrote to the church in Corinth (2 Cor. 13:14 MSG).

Friendship is what God wanted – in the beginning and now – more than anything else. The Bible says, in the cool of the day, God would come into the Garden of Eden to commune with Adam and Eve. Note: Not to pass off a bunch of never-ending instructions; not to condemn them; not to put pressure on them to be 'godly'; just to spend time with them. Every single day.

That’s what God wanted from us then, and that’s what he still wants from you today. God seeks to be friends with you first, before anything else. All the moulding, shaping and growing comes after that – as a result of that love, closeness and friendship.

The real reason Jesus died for you was to restore a lost friendship.


Love,

Kunmi x

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