Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – December 30, 2017
Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. ‘How would you advise me to answer these people?’ he asked. They replied, ‘If today you will be a servant to these people and serve them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants. 1 Kings 12:6–7
Where can godly advice be found? The source, of course, is Christ, but beyond the creator of wisdom, who can be trusted to dispense counsel that represents God’s wisdom? There are godly men and women the Lord has blessed with His insight and discernment of what is right and wrong. Thus, pray for access to people with a wise heart for God.
In addition, look for and engage older mentors who are not afraid to speak the truth clearly and lovingly. It may be a parent or grandparent seasoned in the ways of his or her Savior Jesus, who wants you to follow His productive path. Godly advice could come from your pastor, a wise writer, a teacher, or a friend who follows Jesus Christ. Like Job, look for godly wisdom, listen to understand, and then validate its legitimacy.
“Then he looked at wisdom and appraised it; he confirmed it and tested it. And he said to the human race, ‘The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding’” (Job 28:27–28).
You can be surrounded by godly wisdom and miss the advantage of accessing its availability. Yes, the prayerful process of acquiring wisdom takes more time than just finding friends to encourage what you want to do, but the results are worth the wait. A quick decision can be expedient but ineffective. A wise decision requires patience and proves extremely effective. So take your time. Do not be rushed and in doing so regret your decision.
For example, you can decide to serve the people you lead, or you can demand that they serve you. Godly leaders will tell you it is not what you demand that results in long-term sustainability but what you model in humble service. For a man it can be unloading the dishwasher, vacuuming, and taking out the trash at home. For a woman it can be planning a budget and living within the budget. Godly behavior grows out of godly examples.
Paul modeled this way of life: “Therefore I urge you to imitate me. For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church” (1 Corinthians 4:16–17). Look for godly advice from godly people.
Avoid the temptation to dismiss those who are gifted in discerning your needs just because you know what they will say. Truth needs repeating, and when you expose your mind and heart to repetitive godly advice, God begins to penetrate pockets of pride. Humility asks the godly for prayer and wise counsel; so stay humble, and seek wisdom.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, thank you for placing in my life, wise advisors who love You and who love me, give me the humility to listen and follow their advice, in Jesus name, amen.Application
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I love these daily devotional readings and often share them with my FB friends. However, today, like many others the share link is not correct. This link takes you to the reading from November 2016. Is it an error on my end or somewhere else in the system?
Thank you….I want to keep sharing.
Dear Sandy,
Thank you for reaching out to us with your question. And a big THANK YOU for sharing the daily devotionals with your friends. While I can’t say anything about past links you have shared on FB being the correct devotional, this one actually worked when I shared it on FB. There have been issues in the past with sharing on FB and a time delay of a day or two, but this particular one went through when I attempted to share it.
With that being said, please know I am NO technical expert, so if it is on your end, I am not sure what you can do. Whenever I have had challenges like that, I have needed to take a minute or two and “update” my computer. Could that possibly be a solution?
Again, please let me thank you for sharing the Wisdom Hunter’s devotionals with your friends. That is so kind of you and we certainly are thankful!
We are grateful for you, Sandy, and look forward to hearing from you again.
Believing and trusting,
Gwynne
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymn and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.”
Colossians 3:15-16