Where do you get your advice for choices you need to make? Who do you go to when you need some guidance? Too many Christians go to the wrong place and the wrong people! Years ago, it may have been Ann Landers or Dear Abby. Or maybe just ask folks at work or friends from school. Today, it’s Google or ChatGPT. All of these can head you in the wrong direction.
Solomon’s book of wisdom emphasizes that “in the multitude of counselors… plans…are established” (Prov. 15:22) and “there is safety” (11:14; 24:6). But, don’t just look for any kind of counsel. Stay away from “the counsel of the ungodly” (Psa. 1:1), turning instead to the “wise counsel” (Prov. 1:5; 12:15; 19:20; 20:18) of those who have “stood in the counsel of the Lord” (Jer. 23:18, 22).
What’s the point? Read the Bible for your counsel, first and foremost. Then, go only to those who will give you godly counsel, based only upon the Bible. Finally, seek godly from multiple godly sources, who will only tell you what the Bible says.