It is very easy to be a friend of the world, isn’t it? The world offers us everything we want, material things, entertainment, and sometimes even some sentimental things. But we read that if we are friends with the world, we become enemies of God!
Sometimes, we can come to the conclusion that the world is a better friend than God. The world doesn’t seem to required or demand anything from us, rather, seems to be very good at giving if we accept its way of thinking and living. Jesus may look to be a very demanding person, cf. John 14:15 “If you love me, you will keep my commands”. Isn’t friendship a two-way relationship? Well, it seems if you are a friend of Jesus, you must not be a friend of the world.
What can the world offer us that is better than what Jesus offers? Jesus offers to us eternal life, and he offers us real peace, not temporal and illusory peace, cf. John 14:” 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”
What the world offers us is temporal, Jesus offers us eternal life, and his love, that fulfils way more than what the world does. Let’s be friends with God, since it will pay up in this life and the next.
