Relationship Seasoning 4.

A relationship is compared with a meal into which many ingredients go, each playing its part. Like a meal, it can be sweet, delicious, sour or bitter. This has to do with the ingredients and the proportion added to it. This will dictate the end result.

The ingredient for discussion here is communication. No relationship can thrive without this. It is the oil of every association, no matter the form it might be. Communication must take place.

The moment there is a breakdown in communication, the relationship is already on the path of collapse without any remedy. I am not a chef but I think that many meals have some quantity of one form of oil or the other. One of such meals is a relationship.

Communication is the needed oil. Otherwise, what will follow is friction that will end in a breakdown of the whole affairs. The Psalmist of Israel gave a practical example of the need for exchange of words between people involved in a relationship. He presented his request before the Lord and demanded a type of reply thus,
“35:3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.” Psalm.

He wanted to be convinced that his prayers were answered. Can you see the need for communication in all affairs?
Do you know that the Lord God of Israel knows the importance and necessity of communication? When He was not pleased with the ways of His people, He raised a Prophet to speak on His behalf. His mouth piece revealed to them,
“1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

1:20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.” Isaiah.

He made His mind known to His people. He gave them options to choose from. Will they know what was in His mind if the Lord had remained silent? The importance of communication in a relationship cannot be over emphasized. As a oil, you need to employ it to straighten your relationship.

Without Deceit.
Let me not fail to state it here that a successful and valuable communication should be without deceit. Every relationship built on deceit will sooner or later come to a sad end. Deception can come from one person or both or many of the people involved. Deception is the style of satan to get what is valuable out of people’s lives. So it is with those who love to deceive others. The earlier the deceived knows the pranks of the deceiver, the better; he should back out of such relationship before more harms are done to him. Do you want your relationship to flourish? Let there be a sincere communication with truth, without any provision for deceit and it shall be well with you. Stay blessed and prepared for the imminent coming of the Lord.