Hear Counsel
“Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.” (Proverbs 19:20)
Today’s Morsel: A good end state starts with listening early. The earlier a child is taught to listen and obey, the more likely they are to grow-up listening and obeying. To be counted among the wise in the end requires you to listen to advice and be willing to accept discipline when it is given today. Counsel and instructions are for our good. Solomon says that we ought to hear counsel, and receive instruction, that we may be wise in the end. He continues with these words: “Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.” (Proverbs 9:8-10) Paul tells us that: “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17). Most people only pass the test when they listen, read, know, and follow the instructions.
Sing: I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice, and it told Thy love to me; but I long to rise in the arms of faith and be closer drawn to Thee.
Draw me nearer, nearer blessed Lord, to the cross where Thou hast died; Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord, to Thy precious bleeding side.
Thought For Today: “He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.” (Proverbs 17:27-28)
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