Hey Family,
Today I read 1 Kings 12. It talked about the transition of a United Kingdom which sat under Solomon being divided into 2 kingdoms. Israel (10 tribes) up north and Judah (2 tribes) in the south. It also talked about how after the death of King Solomon, his son Rehoboam rejected the wise counsel of Jeroboam. Rehoboam foolishly listened to those who proclaimed to love him and be his true friends. All they were really doing was giving shallow advice and appealing to Rehoboams’ pride. Following such lame and ungodly counsel led to the 10 tribes revolting against the king. Then the 10 tribes decided to follow Jeroboam. The sad thing is Jeroboam compromised in order to attempt to keep the folks under his reign. He went against the ways of God and set up an idolatrous religion and continued to conduct worship at the temple in Jerusalem. Not a good decision. Look, I want to speak to my people today. We must be very careful not to let pride get in our ways. It is said that pride comes before the fall. How many times have we allowed folks come in and claim to be in our corner and they seem to want you to first rid yourself of other previous association? I have a very good friend who I call my brother to this day. We may have not seen eye to eye on everything over the years but he has proven to be my REAL brother. I have seen him cry just because I was in pain. The funny thing is I had friends who would try to discourage our friendship because of issues that may or may have not come up. They would say things to feed my ego and pride. Tried to make me feel like I was better than my friend and that my friend was such a terrible person. The very ones who played the role of the better friends had lifestyles so opposite of the life that God wanted me to lead. They often encouraged such sinful deeds and acts yet all the time throwing in a Jesus statement from time to time to make it seem life they had my well being in mind. They constantly fed my pride and it cost me some blessings and caused me some heartache and pain. I probably missed out on some good folks that God wanted me to have in my life. I had a friend who would fight by my side and have my back in a brawl or argument but he was not good for my soul. He was so far from living a Christian life that I eventually had to cut him off. It was a painful thing but at the end of the day, I’ll take Jesus over any earthly friendship. Saying all of this, I urge you, the reader of this nugget to check the ones standing by you, calling you Bruh, Sis, Bestie, Boo, and ECT. If they have not been pointing you to Christ and living like so, you need to consider your soul. If they have been encouraging you to tear down relationships instead of fixing and possibly building them, be careful. If they aren’t trying to encourage you to forgive then know that aint God working in them. Yeah.. I said it. When Christ was on the cross, He asked the FATHER to forgive the very ones who put HIM there.. The one who denied HIM.. The ones who laughed at HIM, spit on HIM, flaked on HIM by cheering for HIM one day and selling Him out for a thug the next. He asked the FATHER to forgive us for the many times we take HIS act of love that HE performed for us and we dismiss it to satisfy our flesh.. He asked the FATHER to forgive the ruler who let the majority have a say when he knew the majority was wrong. Don’t let pride and foolish counsel from others who either don’t know better or care to do better lead you down a path of destruction. You ultimately will have to suffer the consequences. I encourage you to read 1 Kings 12 and if this ministers to you, I ask that you share with all that you TRULY care about.
Today I read 1 Kings 12. It talked about the transition of a United Kingdom which sat under Solomon being divided into 2 kingdoms. Israel (10 tribes) up north and Judah (2 tribes) in the south. It also talked about how after the death of King Solomon, his son Rehoboam rejected the wise counsel of Jeroboam. Rehoboam foolishly listened to those who proclaimed to love him and be his true friends. All they were really doing was giving shallow advice and appealing to Rehoboams’ pride. Following such lame and ungodly counsel led to the 10 tribes revolting against the king. Then the 10 tribes decided to follow Jeroboam. The sad thing is Jeroboam compromised in order to attempt to keep the folks under his reign. He went against the ways of God and set up an idolatrous religion and continued to conduct worship at the temple in Jerusalem. Not a good decision. Look, I want to speak to my people today. We must be very careful not to let pride get in our ways. It is said that pride comes before the fall. How many times have we allowed folks come in and claim to be in our corner and they seem to want you to first rid yourself of other previous association? I have a very good friend who I call my brother to this day. We may have not seen eye to eye on everything over the years but he has proven to be my REAL brother. I have seen him cry just because I was in pain. The funny thing is I had friends who would try to discourage our friendship because of issues that may or may have not come up. They would say things to feed my ego and pride. Tried to make me feel like I was better than my friend and that my friend was such a terrible person. The very ones who played the role of the better friends had lifestyles so opposite of the life that God wanted me to lead. They often encouraged such sinful deeds and acts yet all the time throwing in a Jesus statement from time to time to make it seem life they had my well being in mind. They constantly fed my pride and it cost me some blessings and caused me some heartache and pain. I probably missed out on some good folks that God wanted me to have in my life. I had a friend who would fight by my side and have my back in a brawl or argument but he was not good for my soul. He was so far from living a Christian life that I eventually had to cut him off. It was a painful thing but at the end of the day, I’ll take Jesus over any earthly friendship. Saying all of this, I urge you, the reader of this nugget to check the ones standing by you, calling you Bruh, Sis, Bestie, Boo, and ECT. If they have not been pointing you to Christ and living like so, you need to consider your soul. If they have been encouraging you to tear down relationships instead of fixing and possibly building them, be careful. If they aren’t trying to encourage you to forgive then know that aint God working in them. Yeah.. I said it. When Christ was on the cross, He asked the FATHER to forgive the very ones who put HIM there.. The one who denied HIM.. The ones who laughed at HIM, spit on HIM, flaked on HIM by cheering for HIM one day and selling Him out for a thug the next. He asked the FATHER to forgive us for the many times we take HIS act of love that HE performed for us and we dismiss it to satisfy our flesh.. He asked the FATHER to forgive the ruler who let the majority have a say when he knew the majority was wrong. Don’t let pride and foolish counsel from others who either don’t know better or care to do better lead you down a path of destruction. You ultimately will have to suffer the consequences. I encourage you to read 1 Kings 12 and if this ministers to you, I ask that you share with all that you TRULY care about.