CULTIVATE RELATIONSHIPS.....intentionally

Tayo Onaleye, Nation Builder

Lessons from Genesis 14

CULTIVATE RELATIONSHIPS

Verse 13 BBE And one who had got away from the fight came and gave word of it to Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the holy tree of *Mamre, the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner, who were friends of Abram.....*

24 ...... *the men which went with me,* Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre

Abraham had friends......Aner, Eschcol and Mamre.

So in the day of battle.....when he needed to rescue Lot.....Abraham simply called upon his friends.....and they followed him.

I think that is simply amazing!

*Abraham's friends followed him to a battle at the risk of their lives!!*

This speaks volumes about the type of person Abraham was.

Do you have friends or are you a lone ranger in life?

Who are your friends?

Will they follow you to a battle at the risk of their lives?

The only reason Abraham's friends would have followed him to a battle is because he had followed *them* to a battle before or they know that Abraham would follow them in their own day of battle. Pro 18:24 *A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly:* and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Time will fail me to show you that most of the great people in the Bible had friends.

Job had friends. Job 2.11

David had friends.

Solomon had friends.

Jesus had friends. Mark 3.21

Paul had friends. Acts 19.31

Do you have friends?

And who are your friends?

May you have friends who will stand by you in the day of battle like those of Abraham.

And to my colleagues in the ministry......remember the words of Bishop......don't raise funds, raise friends.

Shalom.

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