Advice

Advice

MY QUESTION for GOD

How can I make sure I’m getting good advice?

A MOMENT with GOD

The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.”

Psalm 32:8

If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.

James 1:5

Then Jehoshaphat added, “But first let’s find out what the Lord says.”

1 Kings 22:5

What should I do? This is a commonly asked question. In an age of conflicting claims and confusing information, many people are searching for wise counsel. Maybe that’s why counselors are in such great demand and advice columnists are in every newspaper. But there is a critical difference between well-meaning advice and wise counsel. God’s wisdom is best because he is all-knowing. Seek knowledge and understanding from the One who knows everything that will happen today and tomorrow and every day to come. Then you will have the wisdom to weigh and interpret advice from others.

Fools think their own way is right, but the wise listen to others.

Proverbs 12:15

Wisdom is recognizing your own inadequacies. Foolishness is thinking you have none. It is better to recognize your limitations and seek good counsel from the beginning than to discover too late that your limitations have made your problems worse. Avoid getting into a position where you find yourself saying, “If only I had asked someone sooner.”

The instruction of the wise is like a life-giving fountain; those who accept it avoid the snares of death.

Proverbs 13:14

Plans go wrong for lack of advice; many advisers bring success.

Proverbs 15:22

Get all the advice and instruction you can, so you will be wise the rest of your life.

Proverbs 19:20

Plans succeed through good counsel; don’t go to war without wise advice.

Proverbs 20:18

No one is wise enough to anticipate all the complexities of a situation or grasp all the issues related to a problem. Good advisers bring perspective, information, expertise, and experience to whatever challenges and problems you face. The right counsel can make the difference between success and failure, joy and sorrow, prosperity and poverty, victory and defeat.

DIVINE PROMISE

You guide me with your counsel, leading me to a glorious destiny. Psalm 73:24