Have you ever noticed that there are some traits of people you associate with that have become of your own personality? Like if you are around people that have no patience you tend to start losing patience too? Unfortunately, who we keep company with will ultimately influence us. Sometimes it can influence us negatively in that we begin emulating their negative traits, but sometimes it can influence us positively in that after observing their negative behavior we commit not to do the same things.
Verses 24 & 25 (New Living Translation):
24Don’t befriend angry people
or associate with hot-tempered people,
25or you will learn to be like them
and endanger your soul.
It’s really hard to know that if we are around people that can influence us negatively that we will have the wisdom and resolve to not start acting out their negative behavior. Therefore, please be careful when you are around others frequently that do the wrong things. Please be in prayer for yourself constantly and also pray for them to have the Lord breakthrough the negative behaviors.
Is there someone you know that needs to be broken of being hot-tempered or is there someone you know that you probably shouldn’t be around so much because of their hot-tempered nature? Won’t you take the time to pray about these relationships and seek higher ground from the Lord?
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Tags: Bible, daily devotion, God, meditation, prayer, proverbs 22
