Choosing Your Friends

How do you choose your friends? You should generally choose friends who are going in the same direction you are and who want to obtain the same things you do. In the book of Proverbs, Solomon said, “He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm” (Proverbs 13:20). The New King James Version reads, “The companion of fools will be destroyed.” My version of this maxim is, “If you want to be a success, don’t keep company with those who aren’t going anywhere in life.”

In light of these truths, I want you to ask yourself three questions. First, “With whom am I spending time?” Who are your closest friends; who are the people you are confiding in?

Second, “What are these people doing to me?” In other words, what do they have you listening to, reading, thinking, and doing? Where do they have you going? What do they have you saying? How do they have you feeling? What do they have you settling for? That last one is an important one, because your friends can make you comfortable in your misery. Most important, what is being around these people causing you to become?

Third, ask yourself, “Is what other people are doing to me a good thing in relation to my vision?” When you start telling people where you’re going to go and what you’re going to do, they may (even unconsciously) begin to say things to try to hinder your dream. Therefore, you need to ask and answer these three questions about your friendships truthfully—and regularly—as you progress toward your vision.

Prayer: Father, thank You for the godly friends that You have brought into my life. It is good when we can walk in the same direction, following Your Word and our visions.

Please help me to continue to build godly relationships. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Thought: “He who walks with the wise grows wise.”

Reading: Jeremiah 34–36; Hebrews 2

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