The bible teaches us that iron sharpens iron and so does a man sharpen the countenance of his friend.....
This simple but yet complex biblical term offers important insight to our lives and how they are affected by our relationships and ties with people. So many times we progress in life and move forward while trying to bring those people who knew us back when with us..
We error in this attempt because we fail to realize that everybody can't walk beside you into your destiny. Jesus had more than 12 disciples but only the 12 was chosen to walk personally with him and out of those 12 only a few had life altering revelations from and with him...Sometimes that relationship that you are fighting so hard to keep is the very thing that is blocking your success...
There comes a time in life where you have to cleanse your circle and get rid of dead weight so you won't drown in the waters of life. Dead weight automatically pulls you down and ultimately traps in you a stalled position causing your destiny, dreams and goals to be hindered.
You are having so much hell in your life, in your relationships and on that job because you are fighting to keep that thing that God is trying to get rid of, you pray for God to release whats blocking your blessings and you pray for increase and prosperity but you wanna keep your same position...think about it....Before God blessed Abraham he moved him out of his home land and told him to break all ties with his family and friends because God knew they were a pagan nation and wouldn't understand what He was about to do in Abraham's life and its human nature to fight that which we don't understand.
For the most part when it comes to elevation and progression you become who and what you surround yourself with because iron sharpens iron, if you wanted to sharpen your blade would you use a dull butter knife? No because the dull butter knife will make your blade duller than it was, it will ruin what you are trying to accomplish...So I ask you, who are the butter knives in your life that are ruining what you are trying to accomplish?
You have to make a decision on whats more important, your destiny or your so call relationships with people. When God was calling me out of the lifestyle of homosexuality, I didn't let my friends who I partied with go, I was going to church and still hanging with them and every time I found myself falling back into sexual sin it was after or during the times I was hanging with them. They were my reminder, those relationships were blocking my deliverance, they were keeping me chained, they weighed me down and help me stagnant in one position, those relationships were toxic to where God was trying to take me. How can God pour new wine in old wine skin?
The bible teaches us that a little leaven leavens the whole lump. Who around you is molding your bread? Who around you is getting in the way of the relationship you desire to have with Jesus? Those relationships you had before you were saved cultivated all evil desires of your flesh, that promoted and celebrated the sin you hate now so if you don't break those ties then they will continue to operate out of the nature in which they were created. If I wanted to be free of the gay lifestyle I had to remove myself from that environment and become a part of an environment that would teach, cultivate and reinforce who I was trying to become. If you wanna be a lawyer you wouldn't go to medical school would you?
I know sex feels great, and it feels great to be loved and to be involved and to not be lonely. Every one loves to be in the in crowd and everyone loves to be tweeted and facebooked the most but I ask you to what end? At what cost are you willing to pay for maintaining relationships that have caused you more pain than prosperity? Is it worth your salvation? Your dreams? Your goals?
If that relationship constantly takes from your life and constantly causes you to stumble then its toxic and you gotta let it go, if he keeps making you turn your back on God and making you have sex with him then you gotta let it go, if he/she plays on your weakness and takes advantage of your sufferings for their personal gain then you gotta let it go, if your relationships don't challenge you to become better, if they don't inspire you to change or empower you to move forward in your destiny then the time is now to come out from among them and be ye separated.
