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Your closest friends are influencing your future more than you realize. Are they leading you toward God, or away from Him?
Danny Burgos kicks off a new week in Proverbs 14 with a simple warning from Solomon: stay away from a fool. It’s a verse that’s easy to skim past, but it carries real weight. The people we spend time with, listen to, and let speak into our lives shape how we think, what we decide, and where we end up. And sometimes the people with the most access to us are there simply because we’ve known them the longest.
Jesus loved everyone. He ate with sinners, welcomed tax collectors, and moved toward the broken and the rejected. But He was intentional about His inner circle: the Twelve, and within them, Peter, James, and John. In Matthew 12:49–50, He pointed to His disciples and called those who do the Father’s will His brother, sister, and mother. The test for your inner circle isn’t whether someone is perfect, goes to church, or calls himself a Christian. It’s whether he’s actually trying to follow God. You can love someone without letting him influence you. You can care about someone without taking his advice. History alone doesn’t earn someone a seat close to you. Wisdom asks: who is making me a better man, and who is pulling me away from the man God is calling me to be?
Verse of the Day: Proverbs 14:7
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/PRO.14.7.NIV
Your Daily Man-Up Challenge:
Take an honest look at your inner circle and ask whether those closest to you are intentionally trying to do the Father’s will. Then pick one person who strengthens your walk with God and set aside time to connect with him this week.
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