Safety in counsel – Part 2

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

Your heart is important, because your action will soon follow your heart. Hence your heart ought to be right. You are taking the counsel and accepting the changes, shows your heart is good. But everytime you avoid taking counsel or you think you don't require counsel, it means your ego and pride has hardened your heart. It shows the heart is not willing to accept change. Your heart is not right. There you have to repent and change. To know who is giving you a right or wrong counsel you ought to know the word of God. Every counsel which doesn't match the word of God and doesn't give you peace in heart is not from God.

The Bible says in 2 Chronicles 25:16 Amaziah ignored God's counsel. Here God sent His servant to Amaziah. Amaziah had done gone against the will of God by disobeying God. For God, Amaziah was important. He sent His ambassador to inform Amaziah to leave the wrong way. But Amaziah rebuked at God's ambassador and said, "You are not to tell me what I am supposed to do. I'm matured and grown up to make my won decisions. I know what is right and wrong." This showed pride in Amaziah. If it wasn't pride, he would have considered the counsel. Before He became rich and famous, he considered the counsel of God's ambassador, but now he is not considering it, shows pride because of power and riches. Amaziah took the counsel of one of his other friend who was wrong. While Amaziah heard the counsel of God he was very successful. When Amaziah chose to hear his friend above God, he lost all the fame and success. He became poor and his enemies killed him.

Thus, it's important to take counsel and take counsel from the right people. Today you have people who share the word of God, by preaching or writing. They are God's ambassador for you. The Bible is a counsel for you. At times God speaks directly to you, hearing and doing what God has counselled you, shows you are humble and ready to receive from God. To obey means to be ready to receive from God. Don't ignore the word of God. It will be a loss for you. There is safety in the multitude of counsellor. It will take you on the road of success and blessings. Don't let your success ever stop you from receiving counsels. In fact all your success should make you more humble. Glorify God. Thank God and He will bless you more. Amen! God bless you.

– Jimsen & Sneha