Covenant Relationships
by Adrienne Williams
People of God, this is a NEW season and a season of CHANGE. Do not miss the NEW by making every effort to hold on to the old when GOD has clearly made it known to you that it is time to LET GO! This is specifically in reference to relationships in your life and ministry. This is the time for you to seek out COVENANT relationships for this next phase of your life and ministry.
Just because you have to part ways with one person (or some people), that does not signify that you do not still love them as a brother or sister in Christ. But is DOES mean that there is a greater purpose in and for your life that God may not have predestined them to be a part of. This is the season for AUTHENTIC relationships! NOT the relationships that remain stuck at the surface level! It is written, "3Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own life." (1 Samuel 18:3 AMP).
Surface level mentality says, "I'll be around you or fool with you when I need you, when I feel like it, or when my more important "connections" are not available for me to deal with! But otherwise, I have no time for you!" A person with a "surface level" mentality will, many times, count you as last on their list but always expects to be at the top of YOUR list! So quite naturally, they are not interested in assisting you to accomplish any Kingdom work! These are not the relationships that you want to invest in for this season other than to genuinely pray for God to deliver them from selfishness and assist them as HE leads.
However, covenant relationships are the relationship that should be invested in and built upon, not only in this season, but seasons to come! The grace that God places upon these covenant relationships will produce a momentum and synergy that will cause you to be able to get Kingdom assignments completed in the earth. This is a NEW season! Be very careful to not attempt to enter "a new thing" with EXPIRED relationships!
Grace and peace,
Apostle Adrienne Williams
Just because you have to part ways with one person (or some people), that does not signify that you do not still love them as a brother or sister in Christ. But is DOES mean that there is a greater purpose in and for your life that God may not have predestined them to be a part of. This is the season for AUTHENTIC relationships! NOT the relationships that remain stuck at the surface level! It is written, "3Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own life." (1 Samuel 18:3 AMP).
Surface level mentality says, "I'll be around you or fool with you when I need you, when I feel like it, or when my more important "connections" are not available for me to deal with! But otherwise, I have no time for you!" A person with a "surface level" mentality will, many times, count you as last on their list but always expects to be at the top of YOUR list! So quite naturally, they are not interested in assisting you to accomplish any Kingdom work! These are not the relationships that you want to invest in for this season other than to genuinely pray for God to deliver them from selfishness and assist them as HE leads.
However, covenant relationships are the relationship that should be invested in and built upon, not only in this season, but seasons to come! The grace that God places upon these covenant relationships will produce a momentum and synergy that will cause you to be able to get Kingdom assignments completed in the earth. This is a NEW season! Be very careful to not attempt to enter "a new thing" with EXPIRED relationships!
Grace and peace,
Apostle Adrienne Williams
