YOKES AND BULLOCKS

I found myself reading Proverbs 31 again, hating on this woman, she's too perfect to be human, This woman, Maybe she was Solo’s fantasy after fizzled escapades with a thousand mamasitas. Truth be told thou’ I admire this woman, and she’s part of my life goals. Who were her friends anyway? Who was her greatest influence? Did she look up to someone? Maybe, just maybe she was born noble.

God has been pointing out the power of godly friendships and the need to simply walk out of some relationships. The purpose of any godly relationship/ friendship is to produce power. When two people are in agreement about what they believe for, nothing will be impossible for them, Jesus in Matt. 18:19 tells us that if two of us agree on earth concerning anything our Heavenly Father will do it for us, But Amos 3:3 queries on the possibility of two people walking together if they do not agree, what is this they are to agree on? If we are of the household of Faith, then we must agree on Christ as Lord over our all, the core goal of all our friendships should be to honor God.

Paul in 2nd Corinthians 6:14 warns us against being yoked together with unbelievers, but does this mean that we should not associate with them who are not born again yet Jesus himself tells us that we are in the world? A yoke is a wooden bar that joins two oxen to each other and to the burden they pull. An “unequally yoked” team has one stronger ox and one weaker, or one taller and one shorter. The weaker or shorter ox walks more slowly than the taller, stronger one, causing the load to go around in circles. When oxen are unequally yoked, they cannot perform the task set before them. Instead of working together, they are at odds with one another. The truth is that the unbelieving world is governed by the principles of Satan and that Christians should be separate from that wicked world, just as Christ was separate from all the methods, purposes, and plans of the world. He had no participation in them; He formed no union with them. 

Attempting to live a Christian life with a non-Christian for our close/ friend (BFF) and ally will only cause us go around in circles, hence the need for intentional boundaries in the case of inevitable relationships like work, or business situations. We are in the world Yes, but we are not of the world, He who lives in us clearly says that if we love Him, then we must obey Him, and that is the tough truth about friendships.

Authentic friendships develop over time as both friends progress in wisdom and spiritual maturity, they are an investment, Strong Christian friendships blossoms when two friends grow together in faith, goodness, knowledge, and other godly graces. They must be built on nothing less but Jesus Christ and Righteousness. I strongly believe the Proverbs 31 woman kept authentic Godly friendships, she feared the Lord, no wonder she’ll be eternally praised.

Joshua 1: ⁸ Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

Loads of Love,

To more intentional friendships!!!!