Proverbs 12:26 When God Says...I Say, AMEN!

When God says...

"The righteous should choose his friends carefully, For the way of the wicked leads them astray." (Proverbs 12:26 NKJV)

He urged us with a warning to choose our friends with due diligence, to safeguard right living in the eyes of God. There is danger if we just discriminately expose ourselves closely to the wrong crowd of the world.

The trajectory of our life can be influenced by the kind of people we hang out with. Care is paramount in choosing who we merge our lives with in fellowship of brotherhood and friendship. As friends, they can either, elevate or deprecate, build up or bring down, our life. Their inputs can knowingly or unknowingly factor into our day-to-day life’s decisions and actions. If their views are warp and ungodly, we could end up making warp decisions that lead us to destruction.

As believers in Christ resting in His grace, we are to love the ones that Jesus loves - that's the world! But, not to equally yoke our destiny with them, as it is written: "Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers [do not make mismatched alliances with them or come under a different yoke with them, inconsistent with your faith]. For what partnership have right living and right standing with God with iniquity and lawlessness? Or how can light have fellowship with darkness? What harmony can there be between Christ and Belial [the devil]? Or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? (2 Corinthians 6:14, 15 AMP)

Apostle Paul further exhorts with these words- "When I wrote to you before, I told you not to associate with people who indulge in sexual sin. But I wasn’t talking about unbelievers who indulge in sexual sin, or are greedy, or cheat people, or worship idols. You would have to leave this world to avoid people like that. I meant that you are not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer yet indulges in sexual sin, or is greedy, or worships idols, or is abusive, or is a drunkard, or cheats people. Don’t even eat with such people. (1 Corinthians 5:9-11 NLT)

And I say, AMEN!

Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries

(When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.)

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