What kind of people do you have in your life influencing you on the places you ought to go or be?

Do you have people in your life that are the kind of friends, where iron is actually doing some sharpening of some iron?

Are the friends in your life going to places worth following? Who is influencing your thoughts?

Who is your best friend?

We need friendships that run deeper & stronger than people who are just fun to take to Java or going shopping with. That is fun but we need friends who do not entertain our pity party; a friend that is gonna hold your hand and say to you, “my friend, not today. I’m gonna walk through this thing with you, praying with you and encouraging you by the Word of God until we win. Because it is not over until we win!!”

Beloved, I think we have underestimated the incredible power of friendships.

Remember Zerubbabel, the project leader of building God’s temple. Some foreigners heard that he was building and they came to him. Check this out; “…..they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of the families and said, “Let us help you build because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to him since the time of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here.”  But Zerubbabel, Joshua and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel answered, “You have no part with us in building a temple to our God. We alone will build it for the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, commanded us.” (Ezra 4).

It took me a while to realize that it is not everyone who should be at the forefront of my life! And it is from this point that I began assessing the quality of my friendships, as opposed to the quantity. And I have seen growth and progress, in all aspects of my life.

So I will still ask you again;

What kind of people do you have in your life influencing you on the places you ought to go or be?

Do you have people in your life that are the kind of friends where iron is actually doing some sharpening of some iron?

Are the friends in your life going to places worth following? Who is influencing your thoughts?

Who is your best friend?

Let the answers to these questions and of course, the Holy Ghost guide you in making the next right step.

With love,

Nexcellent.