Picture yourself in a situation where you do not know what you should do or which direction that you should take. Yet you know of a person who has gone through a similar situation in their life and they would know what you should do and they are willing to give you clear and concise instructions that would benefit you and save you much heartache and worry. But, you say no to their counsel and decide to strike out on your own. Little bit by little bit and day after day you reap the consequence of your foolish choices and decisions. Dear Christian, when one seeks to do their own thing and travel their own way apart from the precepts and commandments that are given to us in God’s Word we will reap the sorrow and hard times that accompanies such foolish living.
We must apply what God teaches us in His Word if we want to live in a way that is pleasing to Him. Not only will we please our heavenly Father, but our lives will be blessed with the benefits that will arise from our obedience in following His Word. I know many who take the time to go to the doctor and pay the money for the office visit and get a clear diagnosis of what it is that is ailing them; they have medication that is prescribed and they go to all of the trouble of driving to the pharmacy and spend their hard earned money on that which has been prescribed, yet they will not take the very thing that would heal them. They leave themselves wide open to the infection returning in just a few short weeks. Too many Christians are an example of the foolish patient who won’t take their medicine. Our verse says, “A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsel” (Proverbs 1:5). Wise counsel indeed.