Tuesday Lesson: Protect Your Friendship
Read Proverbs 6:1–5. What problem does Solomon refer to, and what is the solution? What crucial spiritual principle do we find here as well?
Solomon refereed to a dangerous promise to become surety, (guaranty or collateral) for friends.
The solution is to deliver yourself by pleading with your friend and humble yourself. You must deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter and like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Crucial spiritual principle to make sure that I must be cautious in considering financial backing for a friend who is in debt. Be careful of my words, of not making promise that I can't keep.
How do we learn to balance our desire to bear one another’s burdens (Gal. 6:2) with the words given to us in this proverb?
We have to first put on our seat belt before we can advice our passengers in the same vehicle with us to put on seat belt. In another word, we all have to practice Safety by doing what is required by the law. God's law is written in our heart and He put His Spirit in us to obey Him, so we can indeed learn to balance our desire to bear one another's burdens. It's not easy, but with Christ, All Things Are Possible.
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