"Building relationships is pointless because everyone will betray me in the end times."
How it sounds in your head: I've heard that in the last days, families will turn against each other and people will betray believers. So why should I trust anyone or make close friends? Maybe I should just keep everyone at a distance so I don't get hurt when they turn on me.
"And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching."
-- Hebrews 10:24-25Source: religion - Misapplied Matthew 24 creating relational isolation instead of the commanded love and fellowship of believers.
She's heard warnings about end-times betrayal and internalized it as 'trust no one.' At an age when friendships are forming, this lie creates walls that feel like protection but are actually prison.
In a time of war and jealousy, Jonathan's soul was knit to David's INSTANTLY. He gave David his robe, armor, sword, bow, and belt—total covenant friendship that sustained David through years of hiding and danger.
I REFUSE the lie that relationships are pointless or everyone will betray me. IT IS WRITTEN that I am to stir up love and good works by ASSEMBLING with other believers, especially as the Day approaches. I am not called to isolation—I am called to COMMUNITY. The BARAK blessing that protected Joseph in prison and elevated him to Pharaoh's house protects my relationships. IT IS WRITTEN that he who has FRIENDS must show himself friendly. I declare I am SURROUNDED by covenant relationships that sharpen me, strengthen me, and celebrate me. I am not alone—I am CONNECTED to the body of Christ. Perfect love casts out fear, and I walk in love WITHOUT WALLS.
Your Father isn't isolating you for protection—He's surrounding you with FAMILY because that's how His Kingdom works. He runs toward you with people in tow, excited to show you the friends He picked for you before the foundation of the world.