WONDERFUL
COUNSELOR
BREAD
1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of
the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 2 But his delight
is in the law of the Lord, and on
his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a
tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose
leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. 4 Not so the
wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. 5 Therefore the
wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the
righteous. 6 For the Lord
watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. Psalms 1:1-6 (NIV)
4 But
Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “First seek the counsel of the Lord.”
2 Chronicles 18:4 (NIV)
23 Yet I
am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. 24 You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will take me into glory. Psalms 73:23-24 (NIV)
20 He
sent forth his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave. 21 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his
wonderful deeds for men. 22 Let
them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy. Psalms 107:20-22 (NIV)
13 To
fear the Lord is to hate evil; I
hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. 14 Counsel and sound judgment are
mine; I have understanding and power. Proverbs
8:13-14 (NIV)
6 For to
us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his
shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting
Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the
increase of his government and peace there will be no end. Isaiah 9:6-7 (NIV)
15 “If you love me, you will obey what I command. 16 And I
will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you
forever-- 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it
neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and
will be in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.” John 14:15-18 (NIV)
26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send
in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have
said to you. John 14:26 (NIV)
26 “When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the
Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about
me.” John 15:26 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Fear is never a good counselor.”
Nikolai Berdyaev
“Where does your security lie? Is
God your refuge, your hiding place, your stronghold, your shepherd, your
counselor, your friend, your redeemer, your saviour, your guide? If He is, you
don't need to search any further for security.” Elisabeth
Elliot
“We
judge things by their present appearance; but the Lord sees them in their
consequences. If we could do the same we
would be perfectly of His mind; but since we can’t, it is an unspeakable mercy
that He will manage for us, whether we are pleased with His management or not;
and it is regarded as one of His heaviest judgments when He gives any person up
to the way of their own hearts, and to walk according to their own wisdom.” John
Newton
“The one concern
of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from
prayerless studies, prayerless work, and prayerless religion. He laughs at our
toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray.” Samuel Chadwick
“God alone knows
the depth and riches of His Godhead, and divine wisdom alone can declare His
secrets.” Thomas
Aquinas
“This morning let us hear the
Lord Jesus speak to each one of us: ‘I will help thee’. ‘It is but a small thing for Me, thy God, to
help thee. Consider what I have done
already. What! Not help thee? Why, I bought thee with My blood. What!
Not help thee? I have died for
thee; and if I have done the greater, will I not do the less? Help thee!
It is the least thing I will ever do for thee; I have done more, and
will do more. Before the world began I
chose thee. I made the covenant for
thee. I laid aside My glory and became a
man for thee; I gave My life for thee; and if I did all this, I will surely
help thee now. In helping thee, I am
giving thee what I have bought for thee already. If thou hadst need of a thousand times as
much help, I would give it thee; thou requirest little compared with what I am
ready to give. ‘Tis much for thee to
need, but it is nothing for me to bestow.
“Help thee?” Fear not! If there were an ant at the door of thy
granary asking for help, it would not ruin thee to give him a handful of thy
wheat; and thou art nothing but a tiny insect at the door of my all
sufficiency. “I will help thee”.’ O my soul, is not this enough? Dost thou need more strength than the
omnipotence of the United Trinity? Dost
thou want more wisdom than exists in the Father, more love than displays itself
in the Son, or more power than is manifest in the influences of the
Spirit? Bring hither thine empty
pitcher! Surely this well will fill
it. Haste, gather up thy wants, and
bring them there – thine emptiness, thy woes, thy needs. Behold, this river of God is full for thy
supply; what canst thou desire beside?
Go forth, my soul, in this thy might.
The Eternal God is thine helper!” C. H. Spurgeon
HEART
SAVOR
- · God counsels me with His eye upon me.
- · God leads me beside still waters and restores my soul.
- · God’s paths are righteous, His will for my life is both pleasing and perfect.
