YOUR BEST SOURCE OF ADVICE

Spirit & Life Devotional
Friday Night, May 2
Chinaemerem Joshua Ibezim

YOUR BEST SOURCE OF ADVICE

1 Chronicles 19:3 ERV "But the Ammonite leaders said to Hanun, “Don’t be fooled. David didn’t really send these men to comfort you or to honor your dead father! No, David sent his servants to spy on you and your land. He really wants to destroy your country!”

Hanun was a young king; his dad had just died and David thought to show kindness to him because of a favour done by his dad to him, David. But Hanun, being ignorant of the history between David and his dad was misled by his advisers to think that David was out to hurt him. Hanun lost a golden opportunity to cement ties with Israel because of one wrong advice.

We all have our special advisers whether they are being paid or not; they are our friends, colleagues, relations, and classmates. Advice is good and we are encouraged to seek advice before taking actions. Proverbs 11:14, Proverbs 24:6 and Proverbs 15:22 underscores the need for advice. But we've got to be careful. The Word of God remains your best source of advice.

Psalm 1:1-2 AMP says "BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather. But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night."

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