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If you are a businessman, a minister, a student, or a Christian in any walk of life and you are desiring to know for sure if your are to enter into a relationship for MORE than casual purposes, then this message is for you.I believe that we are in the last days and more than ever before we are to be mindful of the relationships that we are building and entering into because they can shape our destinies in a positive or negative way! We are all in need of friends, and enjoy new relationships, but these are what we will call Casual Relationships. We are not referring to these when we are saying that we should be selective in choosing carefully or entering carefully a relationship or partnership.
I believe that God, by his Spirit is looking to direct our steps as we begin to look at entering into relationships that will financialy, materialy, socialy, or spiritualy affect our lives. When we address this type of relationship; we are speaking of a serious contractual or covenant type of relationship, which we need for business, social behavior or ministerial future.
As we look into the Word of God a particular scripture comes to mind in the relationship of David and a friend called Jonathan. 1st Sam. 18:1, “And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.” Then in Vs. 3 we see that Jonathan made a covenant with David, “Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.”
In other words, the Spirit of the Lord himself knitted their hearts together in a “SPECIAL BOND OF LOVE” so that their lives would impact one another’s in the years to come, which was the case. The world would possibly call this “love at first sight,” but this was no ordinary love, but one that was caused or inspired by the Spirit of God.
Whatever the case in your life, business, ministry or social relationship may be, we need to allow the Lord to direct our steps as we commit ourselves to someone else in a serious partnership that will affect our futures.
We should KNOW THEM:a. By their reputation (Acts 6:3/ Gal 2:2
b. By the Spirits leading (Ro. 8:14/8:16/1st John 4:13
c. By prayerful commitment to God (Proverbs 3:5-6/ Prov. 16:3
In summary, we should know their reputation before entering a relationship of this nature. We should be led by the inward knowing of the Holy Spirit and the wisdom and knowledge that He brings to us, and by committing the decision to the Lord so that our plans will be established with the full potential of being a success.
The Word says in Proverbs 20:27, “The spirit of man (that is your spirit) is the lamp of the Lord, (that is the place where illumination, or truth will come to) searching all the innermost parts of his being.” Sometimes however, we are not willing to wait on the revealed knowledge from the Spirit of God but want to plunge into a decision that will forever change our lives or futures. The Word also says in Prov. 20:5 that “A plan in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding draws it out.” In other words, we should wait on the Lord, prayerfully before we make decisions that will impact our lives, having committed them to God with the confidence that He is and will lead us because he truly cares for you and I.
Let us walk in the light of God’s leading this year and be truly blessed in all of life’s relationships.
