"Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing...?"
Genesis 18 gives us a rare glimpse into the tenderness of God’s friendship with Abraham. This is not the kind of relationship built on occasional spiritual moments or brief flashes of revelation in prayer. It is the steady, lived intimacy of a life aligned with God’s heart.
Chambers reminds us that true friendship with God means moving through life with a quiet confidence — not because we always know His will, but because we are so near to Him that our ordinary decisions begin to flow from that nearness. We trust that if we drift, His Spirit will place a gentle restraint within us. Friendship with God is a spacious place of liberty, delight, and holy instinct.
Yet this friendship also reveals our limitations. Abraham stopped praying before his desire was fully expressed, not because God withdrew, but because Abraham had not yet grown into the boldness that intimacy produces. We often do the same. We pray until our courage falters, then assume perhaps it is not God’s will. But Jesus invites us deeper — into a oneness where prayer is not about securing outcomes, but about knowing Him more fully.
and more about knowing Him.
As intimacy grows, God fulfills the desires
that He Himself has shaped within us —
sometimes without us ever needing to ask.
Teach me to walk in the freedom of Your nearness,
and to trust Your gentle restraint.
and tender to Your leading.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
Inhale: Lord, draw me close
Exhale: Reveal your heart.
~ Quil
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