Enjoying God’s Company
Abiding as shared delight
There are moments in human friendship when the soul rests without effort. Times when being with someone brings ease rather than pressure. Laughter comes naturally. Silence feels safe. Nothing needs to be proven or explained. The heart is simply glad to be there. These memories, whether from childhood or adult life, are not accidents. They are signposts. They reveal how companionship was always meant to feel.
God does not stand outside those experiences as an observer. He is the source they echo. Every moment of peaceful company, every experience of being enjoyed rather than evaluated, points back to Him. Friendship with God is not a lesser version of human closeness. It is the fullness from which all true friendship flows. What has been tasted with others finds its completion with Him.
Scripture speaks plainly about this nearness. “In Him we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28, NKJV). God is not visited occasionally. He is the environment of life itself. To be with Him is not to shift location, posture, or mood. It is to recognise where you already are. Friendship with God is not sustained by awareness or effort, but by presence that never withdraws.
This is why the gospel does not describe relationship with God as replacement of the self, but as shared life. “It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me” (Galatians 2:20, NKJV). This is not loss of identity. It is companionship at the deepest level. Life is no longer carried alone. Joy is no longer self-generated. Strength is no longer strained.
Jesus describes this friendship in the language of shared space and shared time. “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me” (Revelation 3:20, NKJV). This is not an image of instruction or correction. It is an image of company. Eating together. Remaining together. Enjoying presence without agenda.
The Psalms give voice to this constancy. “You have hedged me behind and before, and laid Your hand upon me” (Psalm 139:5, NKJV). There is no moment of arrival or departure. In coming and going, in speaking and silence, God remains near. Friendship with Him does not intensify in special moments and disappear in ordinary ones. It holds every moment equally.
This is why friendship with God does not feel like endurance. It feels like shared delight. The weight lifts when performance steps aside. The soul no longer wonders if it is welcome. Enjoyment is not a reward for faithfulness. It is the atmosphere of relationship. God is not tolerating your presence. He delights in it.
In the order God has established through WHOLENESS, RELATIONSHIP, and GRATITUDE, the soul is now free to recognise this truth without fear. Healing removed strain. Abiding restored residence. Gratitude revealed fullness. Friendship now emerges as joy that no longer needs permission. To enjoy God’s company is not immaturity. It is the sign that trust has settled.
Friendship with God is not about trying harder to feel close. It is about noticing that closeness has always been there. And in that noticing, joy quietly returns.
