It's Either About You Or About Them - Olukotun Gideon Olusola

It's Either About You Or About Them - Olukotun Gideon Olusola

"If you're not making progress, check your association. It's either about you or about them"

In the biblical story of Jonah, whom God sent on a mission to Nineveh, but disobeys and instead, went the opposite direction to Joppa, and boards a ship to Tarshish. While he was on the ship, a fierce storm arose and the ship and everyone on board were in danger.In time past, attention has always been drawn to Jonah but have you tried to consider the other people on the ship who were about to lose their lives and possessions because of Jonah? Sometimes, it only takes just one wrong association to destroy everything you've built.

In life, there are times when you have done everything right and still you are not getting to where you want. You see, sometimes you are not the problem; the problem could be your association. Your association has the power to transform or destroy you.

Until you get the wrong people out of your life, you do yourself no good. Stop trying to keep what you're not meant to keep. Stop trying to maintain a relationship that is not meant to be maintained like the people on the ship with Jonah. Don't wait until you have lost almost everything before you agree with reality. You may not be happy for cutting such people off your life but if you don't, you can't truly progress, neither can they.

Do you also remember that when they threw Jonah out of the ship, God already had a plan for him? Author, Jentezen Franklin wrote that "When you allow the wrong people to remain in your life, you are not helping them, but may be keeping them from what God has prepared for them."

Are there people in your life who seem so dear to you but are dragging you down in your life's journey? Seek wisdom and counsel in cutting them from your life so you can reach your destination.

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