POSESSING YOUR POSSESSION 3

             

WHO ARE YOUR TRIBES?

Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.

                                                  Proverbs 13:20

In possessing your possession, your association plays a big role. Your association can either make or mar you. It is possible to have a great idea but having the wrong association would only make the idea futile.

In the Scripture Ahithophel was a counsellor to King David ( 2 Samuel 15:31-37). David was not aware of Ahithophel's intention as he had put him in the hands of his enemy.  Here, we could see that David trusted the counsels of Ahithophel as he was considered to be wise.

Hushai was a friend to King David as well being a good company he gave the right counsel that brought about the defeat of Ahithophel.

WHO ARE THOSE YOU LISTEN TO?

Your father made our burdens unbearable.[a] Therefore you must lighten your father’s requirements and his heavy burden that he placed on us, and we’ll serve you.”

5 “Come back again in three days,” Rehoboam[b] told them. So the people left 6 while King Rehoboam conferred with his advisors who had worked with his father Solomon during his administration. He asked them, “What is your advice as to what response I should return to these people?”

7 In reply, they told him, “If you will be kind to these people, please them, and speak appropriately to them with kind words, they’ll serve you forever.”

8 But Rehoboam[c] ignored the counsel that his elder advisors had given him. Instead, he consulted the younger men who had grown up with him and worked for[d] him. 9 As a result, he asked them, “What’s your advice, so we can give an answer to these people who have asked me, ‘Please lighten the burden that your father put on us’?”................

                                           2 Chronicles 10:4-11

No man grows far above the instruction or the counsels he listens to. Blessed is a man who chooses to walk in the right path. Rehoboam chose the wrong path as he listened to advice that brought about his downfall. Many of us could be considered to have walked or being walking in this path as well. In possessing your possession it is important to choose the right counsel by testing every spirit and most especially being led of the spirit. Your tribes are to build you as we could see with David and Jonathan. Jonathan held the hands of David to ensure he was protected from the hands of his. father ( Saul).

         HOW DO YOU CHOOSE YOUR

                            TRIBE

1. Be led of the Spirit ( Romans 8:14) - To be carnally minded is enmity with God. It is important to continually walk in the spirit and in the flesh. In the Scripture Jesus chose who was to walk with him carefully.

2.  Understanding times & seasons- To everything God has created there is a time and season. Understanding your seasons would help you see the right men destined for such time. Barak knew his season and saw he needed Deborah to go with him.

3. Core values- Jesus chose his disciples based on his core values.  Looking clearly at the scripture we could see that for everyone chosen by Christ shared out of his value.Your Core value is a big factor when it comes with choosing those to walk with.

4. Purpose & Faith - God brings men and women together to bring down his agenda upon the surface of the earth. Your tribes must be of the same faith as you and must align with the plan and purpose of God for your life.

 

ASSESSMENT

• What has God called you to do?

• Do those you call your tribes at the moment look like those that would be able to walk you down your path?

• Do they keep you from God?

• Do you get drained when with them?

I would like you to observe the assessment as it would help in moving from where you are to the next level.

Thank you for reading!  God bless.