Proverbs 27:17
New Life Version
17 Iron is made sharp with iron, and one man is made sharp by a friend.
Take inventory of your life. Are you drained? Do you feel like you are running on empty? Consider the company you keep. When you are going through you need people around to give you a push. You should have friends on many levels. You are supposed to have some people around you that you pull up higher. There should also be people around that you are responsible for pulling you up. There should be people around who are where you are. They run along side you and encourage you to stay in the race. Get around people that are not jealous of your anointing. Surround yourself with people who know who they are in God.
You are a person of destiny. You have ground to take for God. Lay aside dead weight. You don't owe it to anyone to stay around if they are pulling you down. God does not obligate you to hold yourself back to please people. Embrace the greatness that God has placed in you. Here's how you know who should go,(1) are they always negative?, (2) are they trying to grow strong in the Lord and the power of His Might? ,(3)do they recognize their own potential as well as yours?, (4) do they continuously betray you?, (5) are you usually drained when you leave them? (6) is every conversation about their drama? (7) do they ask how you are and really listen to the response?,(8) are they sensitive to you and pick up on your non-verbal cues?
Look for these people and keep them around. (1)Do they tell you the truth in love even when you don't want to hear it? ,(2) Do they encourage you to keep going when you are weary?, (3)Do they celebrate your accomplishments?,(4)Do they hurt when you hurt?,(5)are they sensitive to you and pick up on non-verbal cues?,(6) will them go to war with you?, (7)do you feel strengthened when you leave them?, (8) do they challenge and/or inspire you to be better?
Love the Lord. Love your friends, treat them well. Love yourself enough to free yourself from dead weight.
God Bless