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Jonathan and David both started their relationship with sincerity and genuine love for each other. These two fellows are a perfect example, both of them were Christ-like-mind personalities, they have the characteristic of Christ most especially Jonathan. While several relationships were not remembered today they lack faithfulness, trustworthiness, and honesty. I am not talking about the relationship between opposite-sex but between parents and children, old and young, employer and employee, between the cycles of human- being. Haven’t you handled your relationship with distrust?

A successful relationship is built on trust and each party is committed to its success. Whenever both parties are involved in building this relationship, their characters must be uncovered to each other (transparences) by this relationship will go down to your bloodlines (GENERATIONS UNBORN). Selfishness is common in most relationships these days, even among believers, churches, organizations, etc all because there is no love and trust.

I will discuss one important tool this month and the other next month that will make your relationship last and remembered after all.

 1.    COVENANT

Covenant is an agreement between God and man. It’s like an access code to get into an entrance, whenever you activate your code it will connect and unlock. Another definition Covenant can be defined as a strong agreement between two parties based on condition. One of the conditions is to believe each other. The perfect example is Abraham and God in Genesis 15:6 which says, “And he believed in the LORD: and he counted it to him for righteousness.”

As you believe in your co-covenant friend and he also beliefs in you, it will last. David remembered the covenant he had with Jonathan. When you check some people’s lineage it is hard for you to find any past good relationship either from the parents or any other person, such family cannot be favored for the past effort made. David remembered Jonathan's son for the sake of Jonathan in II Samuel 9:1, “And David said, “Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?” David did what he did because of the true love and covenant he has made with his friend Jonathan because he built a strong confidant to even risk his own life for David.

John 15:13 says, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

Remember The Seed You Plant

Every lap we run is one less lap for those who come after us. Every day you stay faithful, in every circumstance you overcome, you are storing up equity and blessing for futures generations. You are making things to be easy for your children, and your grandchildren. Your dreams and wishes may not come to reality in your life just as Jonathan   (David’s friend), but the seed you sow shall be harvested by your children. What you are enjoying today somebody paid the price. You too can do what Jonathan did to David and what our Lord Christ Jesus did for us. So also what you are enjoying today are blessings of the good or bad acts of the old. Just as it’s written concerning Jonathan's son he who heritage the benefit of his grandfather thereafter.

II Samuel 9:3-5 says, “Then the king said, "Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, to whom I may show the kindness of God?" And Ziba said to the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan who is lame in his feet." So the king said to him, "Where is he?" And Ziba said to the king, "Indeed he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar." Then King David sent and brought him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar. (NKJV)

Until you work hard and have the spirit of excellence then you will make a difference in your family and yourself particularly. Don’t be shortsighted and ignorant if it doesn’t happen right now, but always believe that you are sowing seeds and soon you will harvest or pass them on to generations to come.

Anytime you see somebody who is successful or has accomplished something great, you can be sure he/she did not do it all alone, somebody else has paid the price along the way. Somebody passed down those qualities that they needed.

continue next month……