Excerpts from Maximize Relationships by Uyoyou C. Charles-Iyoha
Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners,
Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners,
or join in with mockers. But they delight in the law of
the Lord, meditating on it day and night. They are like trees planted along the
riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, and they
prosper in all they do. Psalm 1 verses 1 to 3.
There
are different types and layers of relationships. There are bread relationships; seed
relationships as well as bread and seed relationships. The most significant of
these relationships is God who gives both bread and seed and also empowers
parents, guardians, ministers as givers of bread and seed. Parents give both
bread and seed from conception through good food and rest by the mother passed
into the fetus, and prayer and prophecies to the fetus. At birth, this bread
and seed nurture continues with introduction to the ways of God, formal
education and skills acquisition until the child becomes an adult. God on the
other hand parents us with both bread and seed until eternity. He daily orders
our steps into His abundant bread and seed provision, teaching us how to
separate seed from bread and how to always multiply the seed. Such
relationships should be celebrated.
Relationships ideally are meant
to bring blessings and progress; however the devil who is the author of
confusion and wickedness often attacks relationships to ensure that
relationships do not bring about the desired blessings. Therefore relationships that ideally should
bring blessings bring all kinds of problems. In fact some relationships become toxic,
so toxic that they drain one and eventually hasten the journey to the grave.
This is because certain relationships make it easy for the devil to access and
attack one. In this case, one has to be extremely careful with people who use
divination, have unforgiving vindictive spirits and they live a lifestyle
characterized by jealousy of their friends', neighbours and siblings’
successes. While such relationships should be avoided at all costs, there is
need for wisdom to maneuver some of those relationships especially when they
are blood or marital relationships.
The reason God allows certain
relationships in our lives is so that certain changes can be effected in our
lives irrespective of the weaknesses, strengths and negativity of the people.
There may be just one or two characteristics that would make a lot of
difference in your life if you will just patiently learn, be grateful for the
opportunity of knowing that person and then practice and build upon what you
have learnt. Once you recognize that God sends a person your way for a specific
reason, I think the best start point should be to ask God what the purpose is
and even if He does not say anything, then it is your responsibility to allow
the Holy Spirit do His work by being wholly dependent and sensitive to the Holy
Spirit. You will be amazed at how much you will learn within a short period of
time especially if you are submissive to the Holy Spirit's promptings and
directions.
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