8 Friends everyone needs: #7

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7. Investigate – to observe or study by close examination and systematic inquiry

 

 

Pro 16:25  There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. 

 

Is  your life an open book to at least one person?  Do you have someone who can look at your study habits? Your  lifestyle?  Your relationship with your parents?  Your eating habits, your exercise habits, your devotions?  

 

A friend who investigates looks past your actions and asks “why”. They try to help you understand why you have roadblocks and why you sometimes self sabotage yourself. 

 

 

I was standing in the airport with Phil and was telling him about how Pastor Per got on my case about something I did… Phil listened and when I was done he looked at me with that slow caring glance and said “you deserve to get your butt chewed off!”  Then went and pointed out a few other things that I needed uncovered.  But in the end he asked me WHY I do that.

He took time to investigate.

 

 

 

How do detectives investigate a murder?

 - They take note of everything… They look at all the details

 

 - The find a timeline… when did this start

 

 - Follow every lead

 

 - They treat everything as evidence

 

 - They persevere 

 

We hear all the time that people who are successful are life long learners…

You can do a lot to become a life long learner, read, study, YT etc…

But maybe the one and most important thing you can do is to have a friend who investigates your life on a regular basis to help you learn about yourself.