Safety in counsel – Part 1

Where no advice is, the people fall; but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. Proverbs 11:14

It always better to take counsel. It will help you to avoid going the wrong way. If you don't go the wrong way, you can save your time and energy. It will help you to plan ahead, rather than planning how to get out of the mess.

It's very important to take counsel. But it is very important from where you take counsel. Does your counsel come from people who don't have a vision? Does your counsel come from people who are lazy? Does your counsel come from amateurs or professionals? Does your counsel come from people who have walked and overcome the way which you are traveling? Does your counsel come from a person who is humble and not proud? Does your counsel come from someone who is selfish or loves others? Does your counsel come from a person who has put in efforts to build his family rather than someone who doesn't believe in a family? Most important is does your counsel come from God or Godly people.

You will ask, Jimsen, how can I get counsel from God? How will God counsel me? Why will He counsel me? There are other imp things which He has, other than me. But the truth is God loves you. You are more important to Him, than anything of this world. When you love someone that person is most important and also the only important person. You are the most important person for God. For God your safety and success is very important. Whenever you are about to go wrong God speaks to you. If have gone wrong He will still speak to you, but you will listen to God and do what He says only if your heart is soft towards Him. You will only listen to God if your heart is right towards Him. Getting your heart right with God is important. You might have missed obeying God many times, but its ok, get back to God again. Get your heart right with God again. God is merciful and patient, He is waiting to forgive you. Getting back to God to do His will is getting right with God. That is what is righteousness. If you have gone away from God, then by repenting is how you get back to God. Seeking God daily is continuing to walk with God with a right heart. Reading, hearing His word to do, is continuing with God with a right heart. God will turn around the wrong into right and will bless you.

– Jimsen & Sneha