IT'S TIME TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS

SOLEMN WHISPER DEVOTIONAL

Thursday, 4th June, 2020.

IT'S TIME TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS

(Pro. 17:17; 27:17)

MEMORY VERSE: "You use steel to sharpen steel, and one friend sharpens another" (Pro. 27:17 MSG).

I have found this saying to be true, "Whenever God wants to help someone, He does it through the instrumentality of a man". The same can be said of the devil when he wants to bring someone down. The company with whom we surround ourselves will go a long way to determine our victories or defeats. It is said that, no friendship will ever leave you the same; it will either add or remove from you.

We see in the Bible, people who suffered loss because of the friends they had around them. Eve never considered eating from the tree God asked not to even touch until she got into the company of the serpent (Gen 3:1-6). Amnon lost his life because of the evil advice he got from his friend to rape his sister (2 Sam. 13:5; 28-29). Also, Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, lost the right to rule Israel because he surrounded himself with the wrong company (2 Ki. 12:1-20).

There were also others who were blessed because of the company they kept. Men like Daniel, Shedrack, Meshack and Abednego were strengthened by their friendship to stand against evil in the land of Babylon (Dan. 1:11; 3:12). Jesus had to carefully select the people with whom he worked while on earth. Even to some who came close, he did not commit himself because he knew what was in their heart.

To love everyone is a command, but to be friends with anyone is a choice, so be deliberate about the company you keep. Don't just accept anyone who tries to force themselves on you as friend.

God always seeks to keep us from the wrong people and connect us with the right ones. Unfortunately, the devil is battling hard in the contrary. So, by the friends we keep, we are either assisting God or the devil in fulfilling their agenda for our lives.

So true is the saying, "show me your friends and I will tell you who you are". I think this to be more true, "show me your friends and I will tell you who you will become".

PRAYER: Father, examine my friendships. Separate from me those that are not fit for my future and unite me with those you have assigned to cross my path in Jesus name. Amen.

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By Imoko Lubem

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