“Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.”
Colossians 3:16 NLT
We are prone to give our opinions even when we have no counselling experience. This can be devastating to the listener, especially if they take our advice because they share the same outrage or emotional experience.
Beer buddies do this well as do coffee mates. ‘I reckon’ is a phrase you hear a lot in Australia. You will hear it from the most ill informed and basic people. You will hear it a lot at barbecues and over pizza and a beer, or even a sausage sanger ( Australian slang for sandwich). However, rarely is this advice good advice.
You can go to a counsellor and may or may not hear good advice, it depends on their view on life. However, if you go to the Lord and seek His counsel, you will not be led astray. When the scripture above says: ‘teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives’ it would be wise to find who ‘he’ is. He is Jesus. Therefore if we teach and counsel each other it is to be according to scripture, not feelings or personal opinion. This is wisdom! Amen!
Two days ago I had a girlfriend counsel me on leaving my current accomodation because I was being charged an excessive loading. At the time I was hesitant, but I had been packing anyway. I moved to a home of a lovely couple and it was the best move possible. It has opened new realms to me and showed me more of what God is doing in Nepal. Sometimes the righteous anger of friends is good.
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