Let’s
talk about the value of relationships. I have a few questions for you.
-Which
relationships do you value most?
-Whom
do you keep company with?
-Whom
will you rather spend your time with if given the opportunity?
-If
given the opportunity to communicate to others about your closest
relationship(s), which relationship will take priority in the conversation?
As
you reflect on this questions, I do have two suggestions for you. Choose to
make God the Father/Jesus Christ/ the Holy Spirit, your closest companion.
Value this relationship, nurture it, grow in it, develop a warm relationship
with the Father because, He is your true friend - a person you can depend/count
on at all times. He will not only keep you company, He will also transform you
as well. Either ways, you cannot lose. You will reap more than you sow when it comes
to the transformation that you receive as a result of keeping company with Him.
Secondly,
my encouragement to you is to let your presence be actively felt in your family.
Do not despise family members or family involvement. You belong to an earthly
family, find out more about the family and know your place in it.
Jude
1:1 (NIV)
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a
brother of James,
To those who have been called, who
are loved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
Emphasis Mine
Jude
shows us the value of relationship even as he introduces his Epistle. After
identifying himself, he goes further to identify the two closest relationships
to him – Jesus Christ and brother James.
No comments:
Post a Comment