EACH PERSON in your life is a wave current, taking you towards purpose, or taking you away from it; no middle ground. You become a part of “your own” in spirituality, intelligence, success, mindsets, prosperity, perceptions, values, etc.
If your friends encourage sin/keep you in sin; then you are not ready to go far, you need to use the exit door AS A MATTER OF URGENCY!!!
The friendship of Amnon with Jonadab implicated Amnon in mindset and ideologies, as his friend inspired him on strategy to defile his sister, Tamar.
Worthy of note is to know that the renewal of mind the Bible talks about is a gradual and continuous process. Your association, (in people, books, audiovisuals), goes a long way in this too.
God said; “Abraham, I want to use you, leave your country and father’s house, your ideologies and system of life, your association with idolatry”.
If Abraham didn’t, they’d cloud his perception, blunt his axe and halt God’s dealings with him. He didn’t even get his major breakthrough and blessing until he detached from his extra destiny luggage, Lot. Same with Moses, he had to exit Egypt to be made.
Shun overconfidence; if you cannot beat them, go away {help them if you can}, and don’t join them {it does not matter if they are rich/influential or not}. EVIL COMMUNICATION STILL CORRUPTS GOOD MANNERS. GET OUT FROM AMONG THEM, AND BE SEPARATE!
There are people you actually think you cannot do without, that’s manipulation! It’s not true. God is the only one that is indispensable in your life.
Friends, cherish precious relationships and desist from the act of throwing real people away like waste water; good old friends are like ladders, don’t forget them for your new found relationships!
It is neither wickedness nor pride, it is a realm called self-loyalty. You need to be more loyal to your future than you are to your past.
Walk with the wise and you shall be wise, greatness comes with association. It’s not pride really, it’s called class. Lions don’t stroll with dogs and Eagles don’t walk with ducks!
What’s your association like? You must graduate from friends that feed on your destiny to friends that feed destiny. Shalom!
2 Samuel 13:1ff, 1 Corinthians 15:33, 2 Corinthians 6:17
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