“I’m in the same boat as you are,” we say sometimes.

If I were to say that to StevenH, we could say we are two fellows in the same ship.

That’s one angle of fellowship.

What if God wanted to be in the same boat as I am?

“God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord” (1 Corinthians 1:9).

Oh, He does want me in His ship with Him!

In His faithfulness, He has called me into fellowship with Him.

As I go through each day, He wants me to remember He is walking with me.

He wants me to think of Him and to live for Him. He wants to talk with me!

“If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship” (1 John 1:7).

As a father, this speaks to my heart right now:

“Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest…” (3 John 5).

You see, I read verse four first (no particular shock there, of course) and thought again along the lines of “Yes, I want to hear that my children walk in truth. Hear it from them. Hear it from others. See it for myself.”

But what about their Dad?

So verse five struck me.

My own living must be entirely marked by faithfulness — to God, to His Word, to His ways, to His plan, to His will.

That is more important than hearing anything about anyone else.