Your inner circle.

Who are they?

 

We may not always get to choose the people who surround us. We didn’t choose our in-laws, the co-workers who share our cube wall, or the neighbors who live next door.

 

But the friends we allow in our inner circle are our choice. We can choose who we call when we’re feeling down. We can decide who hears about the conflicts in our marriage. And we can pick who we hang out with on the weekends.

 

As God’s people, Solomon emphasized the importance of “iron sharpening iron.” When believers band together to share God’s Word, pray for one another, and give godly advice, we are sharpened. Refined. Renewed. More effective, efficient, and purposeful in our faith. Without the support or sharpening of one another, we become dull and aimless.

 

It’s okay to have non-Christian friends. In fact, it’s more than okay; Jesus, Himself, was known to be a friend of sinners. But they weren’t in His inner circle. Jesus specifically appointed the twelve disciples and intimately surrounded Himself with people of the same mind and of the same mission.

 

Proverbs 27:17 and 19

 

Peace,
Jon