1 samuel 20:16, 17
Communication happens in unexpected ways between people who need no audible speech. Their language is a quick glance or a soft part on the shoulder. Their communication is a concerned look when all the is not well. They know what you mean before you even say it. If you have ever settle in to the rich lather of a real covenant relationship, you are wealthy.
Biblical covenants were the most blinding, the most serious and solemn commitments two people could make. When you are in a covenant friendship, you do not leave. In a true covenant relationship, you are struck like glue to your friend.
This is the wealth that causes street people to smile in the rain and laugh at a storm. They have coats to warm them; their only flame may be the friendship of someone who understands their daily struggles. In this regards, many rich people are poor. They have things, but they may lack deep companionship. The greatest blessings of life cannot be bought.
Children understand the rich art of relationship. Their anger flares for an instant, but soon melts in the sunshine of laughter and play. Most adults, however, have been hardened by unforgiveness, created from the remembered pain of what has been spoken against them and stolen from them. Rehearsing offences prohibits friendship. It’s time to be grown up enough to forgive like a child.
Friendship is not a blood relationship, so friends must forgive their bond in other ways. It may be through mutual interests, shared passions, or all the lovely little things that two hearts together. Friendship is a sanctuary carved out of the jungle of a mad world, where so many people see each others as prey instead of partners. These people never understand the power and commitment of covenant friendship. But you can.
If you already have a covenant friend, savor days together. If you don’t have such a friend, ask God, the Covenant-maker, to send you a partner of the heart.
Source: T.D. Jakes
No More Dead Dogs
2 Samuel 9:6-10
The Scripture tell us that “with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” (Romans 10-10). There is a strong tie between what is believe and what is confessed.
You need to allow new meditations to dwell in your heart by faith, for your life will ultimately take on the direction of your thinking. Many weaknesses, such as procrastination and laziness, are just draperies that cover up subconscious avoiding the risk of failure. Remember that “nothing will be impossible for you” if you will only believe (Mathew 17:20).
Let me remind you of a story from 2 Samuel. King David sent his servant to find any surviving relatives of his friend Jonathan. When his servant returned to his palace from Lo Debar with Mephibosheth, the crippled son of Jonathan, David rolled out the red carpet and invited Mephibosheth to join him for dinner at his royal banquet table. The problem was that Mephibosheth couldn’t sit at the table without failing to the floor. He struggled with his position because of his condition. Hs problem wasn’t merely Even after he had been raided from the deplorable condition he had lived in for years, he was still so oppressed in his mind that he described himself as a “dead dog” (2 Samuel 9:8). He was king’s kid, but he saw himself as a dead dog.
Perception is everything. Mephibosheth thought of himself as a dead dog, so he lay on the floor like one. Sister, you have been on the floor long enough! It is time for a resurrection, and it is going to start in your mind.
Has God blessed you with something you are afraid of losing? Could it be that you think you are going to lose it because you don’t feel worthy?
Understanding this one fact: Just because you’ve been treated like a dog doesn’t mean you re one! Get up off the floor and take a seat at the Master’s table – you are worthy. You have a right to be place and position you are in, not because of your goodness, but by virtue of His invitation. I pray that God will heal your thoughts until you are able to enjoy and rest in what He is doing in your life right now.
Source: T.D. Jakes
