I blew it. I totally blew it…

A friend that I had for over 2 years now, turned a new shade on me yesterday and I never saw it coming. What makes it worse is that other people saw it and I didn’t. I was warned but just couldn’t see it. My discernment was completely off target and I totally was the fool for it.

What happen is not important…leaders don’t tell tales. Also, to be honest, I am not angry with my friend. I am angry with myself for not discerning his personality better. I was just too close to see the obvious.

I wish I had Paul’s eyes…(after the Damascus road experience of course)

Acts 16 Vs 16-18

“Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune telling. This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved.” She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so troubled that he turned around and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” At that moment the spirit left her.”

Now…no one is calling my friend spirit possessed. Don’t read into things that I am neither implying nor saying. What I do want to point out is…

Not everything and everyone that appears to be for you...is actually for you.

This woman was shouting to the rooftops the truth. She was saying all the right things. She was doing all the right things. Nevertheless, she wasn’t right. Paul could see it. His discernment was right on.

I love my friend. I think he has some awesome God given potential…but I think he is on a slippery slope. The problem with burning relational bridges is that eventually you become an island. I pray against that this morning for him. I pray for healing between us. I pray for greater discernment to allow me to zoom out of a situation and the focus to see it with clarity.

Lord give me better discernment...