MOTIVATION #4 -- WHO ARE YOUR FRIENDS?

We suffer in life, at times feel betrayed and go through some things just as a result of what we’ve shared in the past. Many are victims of certain circumstances of life just because they’ve shared some vital secrets to the wrong people. We often feel we can share our secrets and certain facts behind our success to our friends. Yes, it’s good to be open but we must be careful with who and what we share with people.  

What you share can either affect you positively or negatively. I am touched by this story which I would like to share with you today:  

  “Mr. Okon a professional business man with lots of business connections and wealth had a close friend by name Donald. He felt as his best friend he should be able to reveal some of his secrets to him unknowing to him that Mr. Donald was not happy with his success. Mr. Donald was a close friend of the family, so he decided to carry out an evil plan against Mr. Okon.  

Mr. Donald decided to kidnap his daughter, so he made a plan on how to kidnap his daughter, he went to pick Mr. Okon little daughter from school before her driver arrived. As a close friend of the family the little girl trusted him and decided to follow him after deceiving her by telling lies about how her dad decided to allow him to come pick her. To cut the story short Mr. Donald succeeded in kidnapping her and demanded for huge sum of amount. Oh! What a wicked world we are. 

  Why did Mr. Donald perform this wicked act?   

  Because he was not happy at how successful his friend was  

  What lessons can we learn from this?  

I personally learnt that we must be careful with what we share with those we call our friends. Your friends most times are those that can easily be used to bring you down. You know why?  

Because they know every secret of yours.  Am not here to tell you to be secretive but to inspire you to choose wisely those who you decide to share vital secrets of your life with.  

  “They can mood you or brake you”  

At times I laugh when I see ladies sharing their matrimonial secrets with their friends only to end up seeing their husband been snatched from them. The secret they share are what most times are used against them.   

  I’ve learnt some hard lessons in the past as a result of those I choose to share things with.   

  This is to warn us as we go out in our day to day activities, our work place, office or our neighbors in our environment on the negative effect of sharing some vital information with evil friends. Remember, not everyone who proclaims to be your friends are really your friend. Even Judas Iscariot in the Bible who was a disciple (close friend of Jesus) was the one who betrayed him and used get Jesus Christ. Your true friends cannot be determined by their facial appearance.  

Control what comes out of your mouth and be careful with how you share some vital secrets to those you choose as your friend, you can never read the mind of a man.  

  Share below instances in the past where those you call your best friend have taken advantage of what you’ve shared with them.