Having The Right Company In Your Circle
Friendship is a very importance of aspect of life as the type of company that you surround yourself with can either make or break you. There is an old saying that birds of a feather flock together. This is said many times but many people truly never take heed to the message at hand. The people in your inner circle can play a significant part in you reaching your God ordained destiny or you falling short of what God had in store for you.
Let’s examine Jesus Christ for instance when he walked the earth 2,000 years, he chose the right friends to call his disciples. Jesus Christ picked 12 disciples who he knew would not only love him from there heart but also accomplish the will of God the Father and spread the gospel after he ascends to heaven. Of course, Jesus Christ did know that Judas was a devil but Judas’ role was to fulfill bible prophecy as Jesus Christ knew his intentions from the start.
The 12 disciples stayed with Jesus and helped spread the gospel especially after he ascended to heaven after being risen from the dead. Other examples of friends in the bible are Elijah and Elisha, David and Jonathan to name a few. They helped each other to not only grow in God but also to help each other reach their Godly promised land. These bible followers are an excellent example of having the right company around them to bring extraordinary changes to their lives.
However, let’s examine the other side of the coin in choosing the wrong friends and listening to the wrong company. Let’s look at the fallen angels who fell from heaven by listening to satan when he wanted to be like God and take over heaven (Revelation 12:3-4). They were kicked out of heaven along with satan and are now doomed for the Lake of Fire forever. This is a ideal example of the danger of following the wrong people and becoming friends with them.
How many times have we watched the news or heard from people personally of being betrayed by people they thought who were there friends. I have seen the news stories of people especially those in teens and 20s who were on there way to success. Many were aspiring entrepreneurs, artists, had high grades and planned on going to college but the wrong crowd drew them away. Now, many of them ended up struggling financially, going to prison and some even ended up dead. All because they had the wrong company around them.
A personal testimony that I can tell you is from a family member of mine who went to a church in the early 2000s and there was a man who was on the fence of giving his life to Jesus Christ. He would start to go up for the altar call for those who would love to give their life to Christ but he would always hesitate and turn back. One day, the pastor spoke to him and said that he needs to give his life to Jesus Christ now because God showed the pastor the man was going to die soon.
He started to go up but his girlfriend at the time told him to not go, he listened to his girlfriend and stayed back. Right after service ended, he rode his motorcycle down the street, was struck and killed on the spot by a car. At his funeral, the girlfriend gave her life to Jesus Christ after seeing what happened. She now has the chance to go to heaven after she dies. However, unfortunately the boyfriend is now burning in hell and will be thrown into the Lake of Fire after Judgment Day. All because he listened to his girlfriend over God.
You need friends or potential spouses who will want to see you grow in God and live a life pleasing to God to fulfill your God ordained destiny. If your friends with or in a relationship with someone who wants you to forsake God, you must distance yourself from that person. If you keep them around, they will hinder your life and your walk with God. A true friend or spouse will want to see you please God and accomplish everything that God has in store for you. “He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed” (Proverbs 13:20).
“Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend” (Proverbs 27:17). For you to grow and accomplish greatness, you need other people who are heading in the same direction. For instance, you don’t see a pro boxer training with someone who sits down and eats chips and pizza all day. They would never grow and get better as a boxer. Well the same applies to us as we need to examine our circle and see if the people around us are lifetime friends or seasonal friends whose time is now up. God bless.
