A Good Friend Will Tell You When You Have Done Something Wrong
Say It As It Is!
PROVERBS 27:5-6
“Open rebuke is better Than love carefully concealed. Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
”Proverbs 27:5-6 NKJV
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A true friend will have the courage to tell someone what they need to hear, rather than what they want to hear.
The truth can be painful at times, but there’s no future without it, for it is the truth that shall set you free (JOHN 8:31-32).
Are you a true friend? Do you have the courage to say it how it is?
A friend who has your best interest at heart may give you right but unpleasant advice at times, but truly I tell you, deep down you know it is for your own good.
By contrast, a fake friend may whisper sweet words, those that you would prefer to hear; maybe those that justify your wrong actions, and happily send you on your way to ruin.
We tend to listen to what we want to hear rather than what we need to hear, even if it’s the enemy who says it.
A fake friend always has an ulterior motive.
The advice of a true friend is far more valuable than that of the person who is trying to manipulate or deceive, or simply can’t be bothered or doesn’t have the gumption to tell you the truth.
My brethren, God disciplines us in different ways, often through our friends, but we all need God’s discipline at times and we should receive it with praise and a thankful heart. After all, He only disciplines those He loves (PROVERBS 3:11-12; HEBREWS 12:6).
My beloved say it with love, but as it is, let your yes be yes and your no be no, sugar coating achieves nothing, and humbly receive it as it is, for however painful the truth may be, it shall set you free.
All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.
