The other day I was sitting here thinking to myself about how when I use to go through things my first instinct was to pick up the phone and call a friend (most of the time) instead of take it to my father “Jesus”……
Since I was a teenager that’s what I did until recently God showed me in the most dramatic way that I must lean on him or nothing will work in my life. He put me in a place where I was stuck; I would lean on ppl trying to get my answer on what to do with certain situations and nothing would ever work.
The reason I’m writing this is b/c we must realize who we can and can not talk too…. There are some ppl who have the love of God and who really want to help you get through certain situations and then there are some ppl who just want to be nosy. I’m going to be real when I say this and most of the ppl that were in my business didn’t want to help me they just wanted to be nosy.
You have to be able to discern who is for you and who’s not….. God showed me in the worse way possible but he had to do it! I loved God etc. but I was so insecure in myself and not strong enough spiritually to understand that I just needed to be patient and pray!
Being prayerful through ANY situaiton is the most vital thing you can do as a believer. Prayer really does change things…. You have to be consistent and believe that God will do what you ask but he’s going to do in his timing and he will work on your behalf.
Pray and take your problems to Jesus and don’t give the enemy room by telling your business to nosy ppl….. As believers we have to learn how to take control over our own life and stop letting ppl dictate our future. I learned my lesson as to who I should give my problems too, even though I already knew that he was the first one I should go to my flesh always wanted to hear it from someone else.
I was going through something and through all of what I was going through I finally gave it to Jesus because Man was leading me a stray and my flesh was tired so I gave it to Jesus and he spoke to me as clear as day. From then on I changed who I talked too and now before I decide to even call someone to vent ( by the way it’s ok to have a trustworthy person to vent too b/c we all need that) I take it to Jesus and by the time I do get ready to call a friend God already worked it out.
I hate I had to go through that experience but God had to show me he was in charge and he did just that!
Andrea
I was the same way, when I was dating my hubby, I use to tell my girlfriends every single problem we had. Now that I am married to him, I try and resolve problem myself and I have more patient. You are right, some friends are just nosy.