“for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father.” (John 16:27)

Jesus is saying that the Father desires to be your friend because you have befriended Jesus and trusted The Father sent him. Much of Jesus’s teaching was around equating one thing to another. We see this in His renaming people to their tasks or positions. So, it is the Father’s will to trust His Son. He equates trusting His Son with being His friend. Go ahead, be His friend.

Wow! When that hits home, cry for a few days.

As Your friend, Lord, I come willing to do all Your desires for me to be and do. I Surender all I think I am for all I am in You.