And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6
It’s True
God gave us freewill and therefore we can do whatever we like.
If we need counsel, if we need advice, if we need instruction for the kind of things that really matter in life — you know, the spiritual and the sustentative things, God says we are free to choose and to listen to whoever we desire or admire. However, and in light of today’s Bible verse, the question is are we making the best possible choice.
Wonderful
Your counselor could be reputable and by worldly standards he might even be brilliant, but is he wonderful? Can you truly and accurately declare that the information or guidance which you have received is extraordinary and marvelous and the one who provided it is extraordinary and marvelous as well? Is all of his counsel exceptional or just certain parts of it? Is what he proffers in every situation perfect?
But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. James 1:25
Divine
Yes, my counselor is wonderful. He is extraordinary and marvelous too!
Okay, but is your counselor God? After all you want the best counsel that’s available, don’t you? Why settle for second best when the Supreme choice is both accessible and free? Have you considered that counselors (even God), often give instruction and advice that’s difficult or unpleasant to fulfill — can your counselor also give you the power to do what he is asking of you?
Only God can do that.
Everlasting
What’s the source of your counselor’s information? Is it ageless? Does the advice have any eternal significance or is it merely a temporary fix? Have others taken this counsel? Is their focus on things temporal, material, and earthly or on things eternal, enduring, and perpetual? Are you looking for permanence from the actions you ultimately take?
Peace
At the end of the day, what have you actually gleaned? Has your counselor resource for your spiritual development provided you peace? If he has and if your counselor is not God, then the peace you have acquired will not last for very long. Peace that does not last will guide you away from the peace that does.
Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. Hebrews 13:20-21
God’s counsel from the beginning of time as we know it has always been that we’re free to choose what we want, but to choose Him if we want the best. Doesn’t it make sense? He created us, doesn’t it stand to reason that He has the best counsel for us? Would we buy a new Ford and consult the old Chevy owners manual? Of course not. Does the old book have some good stuff in it?
It certainly does, but is it the best stuff?
So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified . Acts 20:32
- What did the Bible verse(s) say about God?
- What did the verse(s) reveal about you?
- What changes could you make?
- What is your prayer?
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