In the last
post, I discussed with you the word of the Lord for you in 2017 through me:
If
only you will breakthrough will I increase you
I further discussed with you the first step on
our part in breaking through for increment which I titled: ‘Calling it quit’. Today I want to take you a step deeper, unveiling
the second step/principle towards our increment:
Principle #2: Identify your friend.
Friend
according to word web is defined a person with whom you are acquainted but I will
define a friend as -a person who
offends, fends and defends you.
·
Offend – Act in disregard of promises causing emotional pain.
He
breaks promises, causes you emotional pain so you can realize the difference
between feelings (emotions) and knowing.
·
Fend – withstand the force of
something
He
withstands the force of the unpleasant about you. After all, all of us have our
flaws and differences
·
Defend – Protects against a
challenge/attack
This
might be emotionally painful at first but it’s the duty of a friend. They
shield you from the things that will hurt you that you think is good for you.
These three
things a friend do because:
Faithful are the words of a friend (Proverbs 27:6)
Who
are your friends?
Who
is your friend??
Show
me your friend and you will be showing me: Offence,Fends&Defence
=Faithfulness!!
Back
to Principle#1:
Ø
After
you have successfully applied the principle of calling it Quit, definitely
there must be some persons left in your life. People you hold with high esteem,
people that collectively make you –You!
Leaving these persons
uncategorized/undiscovered is a serious issue and an error a lot of us have
made years back till now and it’s high time we rectify and correct such.
Principle
#2:
Ø This is requiring of you to do a deep search according to my definition of friendship
looking through the people in your life. An eye opener is in our nature. The Human nature always confuses all forms
of intimate relationship with friendship.
What
I mean is:
We
all have a father/mother but our parent might be/not be our friend
We
all have a brother/sister but our siblings might be/not be our friend
We
all have a lover/admirer but our lovers might be/not be our friend
We
all have a boss/subject but our Co-workers might be/not be our friend
Do not confuse an intimate/working
relationship with friendship.
Breakthrough for increment as the
above mentioned relationships might not be able to offend, fend and defend you.
How
does Fellowship affect year 2017?
The function of a friend with its characteristics – Faithfulness deals with Information.
From now on I will not call
you servants; for the servant knows not what his Lord does; but I have called
you friends; for all things that I have heard of my father I have made known to
you. (John 15:5, American KJV)
Jesus called us friends because of the
sensitivity of Information.
Ø All the
prophecies of increment will not come to pass if its information gets into the
wrong handse.g. some so called friends will not hint you of a job opportunity
which they heard and have probably applied for, So – You do not either reduce
their chances / they want to be better than you in quote. You will not easily
believe but you just have to believe this, that keeping such persons around can
make the promise of God for a job upon your life delayed.
(Friends//
Information // Increment)
Ø Lastly, you
relate some information to some persons mistaken to be your friend and we get
deformed. E.g.:the one you report issues affecting your relationship/marriage
to determines the result of either a bond//breakup.The one you explainthe
details of yourproposed business idea to determines the success/failure.
If the words of a friend are
faithful, then theword of a non-friend is unfaithful/fake-full. (Proverbs 27:6
emphasis added)
As a Coach and developer I
say to you today: Show me your friend and I will tell you what 2017 has in
stock for you!!
Have
a great year ahead.
Oluwatobiloba
Oshunbiyi
Covenant of
Life.