Good company
I am the one who made the earth and created people to live on it. ~ Isaiah 45:12a (NLT)
Yet God is actually not far from any one of us... ~ Acts 17:27b (GNT)
KEY IDEA:
God likes being with people.
PRAYER:
Holy God, you created people and you enjoy their company -- even though they don't respect you. I know how that works because I'm disrespectful of your agenda for the world and my life. Even though I am grateful for your salvation I don't allow your presence to fully change me. So, please, stay close and continue to transform me through your presence. Through my connection with Christ Jesus I'm going to grow into the person you want me to be -- and I am hopeful that I could become good company for you. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
