I have been struggling with this issue since it was laid on my heart about a week ago. I pray the Spirit of the living God to interpret and make expressly clear the importance and urgency of this message as it applies to us in Jesus name.
It bothers on our unprofitable allegiances; Our strong support for and loyalty to a particular group, persons or beliefs that does us no good and are actually non-beneficial to our spirit and soul.
Maintaining friendship with people who do not share your values, who are not looking in the same direction as you and do not aspire to reach the goal you want to pursue will always hold you down and drag you their way.
Once you are taken off your route, focus is lost and frustrations begins. unfortunately, it is your frustrations that give them an edge over you because while you sulk, they feel superior.
Sadly in that state of despair, you turn to the same vision-less people, who are stagnated and settled midway, for counsel and direction because they are your 'best buddies'.
You are useful to them, but they profit you nothing. Your time and space is used up by them to stir the thread of gossip in the name of gisting to justify their bitterness for the people they hate. They speak sharp words that turns you from the pursuit of progress because they can't stand you becoming better than them.
You watch them make little progress but always wonder why they don't reveal the secrets of their ways because they can judge you more intellectual to overtake them. These are 'friends' who always want to listen to your miseries and act in full pretence that they've got it altogether.
Sadly, these are the ones you call 'my best friends'. May be it is time you checked what truly defines a friend as 'best'.
It took me a long hard learned lesson to fully understand why JESUS CHRIST calls me friend. It is because there is none other who can be wholly true to me like HIM. When I became fully restored to Christ, He showed me people He wants me to be with. He connected us, placed His love on our hearts for each other and gave us a heavenly driven, pure, honest, sincere and helpful relationship.
Until then, I could not grasp what David meant in Psalm 1:1(MSG)
"How well God must like you—
you don’t hang out at Sin Saloon,
you don’t slink along Dead-End Road,
you don’t go to Smart-Mouth College."
Whao!!! What a great reward for living obediently to that command. I so much love how The Message version of the Bible puts it. See what it says in verses 2-3 of Psalm 1:
"Instead you thrill to God’s Word,
you chew on Scripture day and night.
You’re a tree replanted in Eden,
bearing fresh fruit every month,
Never dropping a leaf,
always in blossom."
Dear friend, do you fancy God replanting you? Do you fancy bearing fresh fruit every month? Do you dream of never dropping a leaf and always in blossom?
If your answer is 'YES', then my dearest, you have to checkout from those unprofitable allegiances, Sin Saloons, Dead-end Roads and drop out of that Smart-Mouth College.
These are places where the blessings and glory of God can never rain down but such as speaks of retardation, frustrations and regrets. It may still be tasting sweet but its end will be very bitter indeed.
Its the start of a new year, I plead that you may pray to God to direct and connect you with people who are friends with His Son Jesus and can be true in their relationship with you.
Ask for grace to severe and disconnect from every unholy and ungodly allegiances that are slowing down the wheel of progress to your God given destiny.
Pardon my harshness but I love you this much.
God bless you.
