By K P Yohannan; Gospel for Asia
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What do You want to say to me? " That kind of close relationship is what He wants—a friendship. He wants that friendship with us because He loves us and wants to share Himself with us. What an incredible honor! Do you truly long to have this kind of intimate and close friendship with God? If the Lord were to make a statement about you, would He be able to say, "He or she is My friend"? Think about it. The invitation the living God gave to Abraham is extended to you as well. Friendship is offered.
Now the Lord had said to Abram: 'Get out of your country, from your family and from your father's house, to a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing' " (Genesis 12:1-2). And when all was said and done, Abraham was blessed and called a "friend of God" (James 2:23). If Abraham was just an ordinary man, how was it that he became a friend of God? It is friendship with the Almighty, intimacy with Him, that was the true blessing in Abraham's life.
What a man Abraham was! Our minds easily classify him as a saint, and rightly so. But what makes all of this even greater is the fact that Abraham was nothing special. He was an ordinary man just like you and I. Raised in an idolatrous home, Abraham grew up knowing nothing about the living God. In between the stories of the incredible things that happened in his life, you'll see a man who was fearful and weak, lying to protect himself and his family. Abraham was no superstar. Yet the living God called Abraham to come and walk with Him, inviting him to enter into a covenant and to know Him.