NIV - " Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character."
NAS - "Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals."
From this scripture you can get what you want from it but this is what I get. First I put 2 different versions of the same verse because they both help you understand it differently. I like the NIV where it says "Do not be misled" but then I like the NAS "Bad company corrupts good morals" to me this is what it means. If you are trying to like a Godly life but your hanging out with people who aren't Christians or people who say they are and don't try to live the lifestyle then they will influence you. I have seen this a lot and actually I have done this myself before. To anyone who is reading this please try to improve who your friends are if you want to live for God.
Here is a small story about something that happened to me and one of the first times I ever have seen God show me what he meant besides just telling me through other people. I was at my hotel room in Pigeon Forge in Tennessee. I randomly woke up at like 6 even though I had only slept for a few hours I was fully refreshed as if I had slept for 10 hours. Anyway, everyone was still asleep and I wanted to just go sit on our balcony and talk to God.
After getting dressed I went outside and sat down. TO explain what I was looking at, there was a big creek or small river, how ever you want to say it, in front of me. And as I sat there I began to just talk to God. Not asking for anything, just thanking him for being the God he is and for everything I have been given. As I sat there I saw 1 duck fly into the river. a few minutes later about 6 more ducks flew into the river and swam over to the other duck that was alone. one by one the ducks began to fly off but the first duck to come never left. within 5 or 6 minutes the duck was alone again. then again one by one a duck would fly in and swim over to the lone duck. before he swam away there were like 6 other ducks together then they all flew away together. This is what all this means.
God sent the ducks to me to show me what would happen to me as I got closer to him. The lone duck was me. He showed me that at one time I had no friends meaning when I was a baby. As I grew up I began to get loads of friends but I didn't have a relationship with him so I began getting the wrong friends. Then when I decided to have a relationship with God I started losing some friends. the closer I got the less friends I had until I felt like I was all alone in this world. But as I continued living my life for him I started making new friends. and by the time the all the ducks flew off together I had more friends and better friends then I did before.
The moral of this story is the closer you get to God, the less friends you will have, but you will in the end have more and a lot better friends than the ones you will lose.
If you read this please comment and let me know what you think. I hope in some way this has touched you and will help you somehow in your life. GOD BLESS!!
Written By: Josh Hewett
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