Building Friendship with God

Inspired by her 10-year anniversary of walking with the Holy Spirit, Biiftuu shares from a recent, personal conversation she had with the Lord about what it means to build history with God—not just belief, but intimacy.

We center the conversation around the life of Moses, specifically one of the most pivotal moments in Scripture: the burning bush. We reflect on how the only prerequisite for Moses’ journey with God was simple obedience—he turned aside when he saw the bush. That moment marked the beginning of an ongoing dialogue: God would respond, Moses would respond, and through that back-and-forth, a deep friendship was formed.

Over time, their relationship grew so intimate that Moses—who once hid his face in fear at God’s presence—eventually begged to see God’s glory. In Exodus 33, we see the shift: God allows Moses to see His back, a revelation of Himself that had not yet been given to anyone else on earth. Moses’ countenance was forever changed because of the history he built with God.

This episode is a call to something deeper than nominal Christianity. It’s an invitation into day-to-day friendship with God—inside jokes, shared history, intimacy, and nearness. How incredible is it that we’re invited into that kind of relationship with Him? And how important it is that we don’t take it for granted.