There has been seasons in my life I thought about getting some kind of life counseling. In those seasons it was usually while making big decisions. I want to start off saying it IS in fact wise to get counsel from people with wisdom on a subject that you are dealing with. The bible talks about their is wisdom in seeking counsel.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who heeds counsel is wise.
Proverbs 12:15 NKJV
Get all the advice and instruction you can, so you will be wise the rest of your life.
Proverbs 19:20 NLT
There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the Lord ’s counsel—that will stand.
Proverbs 19:21 NKJV
However the bible speaks of heavenly wisdom vs. Earthly wisdom.
“But true wisdom and power are found in God; counsel and understanding are his.
Job 12:13 NLT
As I thought about seeking help from a counselor, the Holy Spirit reminded me of the scripture that he is my ultimate councelor. That Jesus sent him to guide me more then any humanly wisdom can guide me. So I decided I needed to dig into the Word of God and seek heavenly counsel. We have the Holy Spirit as our counselor. And in that moment I remembered what God’s word says about wisdom.
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
James 1:5 NKJV
👑 If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom.
😒But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don’t cover up the truth with boasting and lying. For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom.
🌎 Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.
🌌 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others.
🍉 It is full of mercy and the fruit of good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere. And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness.🌱
James 3:13-18 NLT
We are suppose to seek Godly wisdom. Not earthly wisdom. There is a significant difference. Earthly wisdom tells you to seek after wealth, success, fame, popularity, amd things that brings our flesh pleasures. It tells us we have everything within us to do whatever it is we want if we just “try and work hard enough”.
Although there is nothing wrong with money, success, fame, popularity, Instagram followers, doing life in a way of enjoying ourselves. We need to keep it in perspective. We can enjoy these things as long as they stay in their rightful catagory. You see we can’t earn our way into heaven. We surely can’t buy our way in either. We have to humbly except that we AREN’T enough. We aren’t good enough on our own. This isn’t to say your bad either. This surely isn’t to say your not enough in the context of putting yourself down and beating yourself up. This is simply recognizing that there is a NEED. A need that only Jesus can fill. That there is ONE ingredient to God’s masterpiece needed to be complete and that’s Jesus.
You say, “well I can do it on my own. I don’t have a need for Jesus” but Jesus says, you can do nothing of worth apart from him.
“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:5 NLT
Yes! You are a masterpiece! Please don’t take this as a “your not good enough message”. I am a huge advocate for positive thinking, self love, I mean we gotta love ourselves to be able to love others. The bible even says you otto love our neighbor as ourselves. And if we don’t love ourselves and see ourselves as worthy how can we love others?
Just like if you’re empty spiritually you aren’t going to pour love, joy, peace, and all the fruits of the spirit into you’re family. You have to fill up on Jesus then pour out into others. So with that said… LOVE GOD, LOVE YOURSELF, LOVE OTHERS!
You can love yourself and still recognize that you’re not perfect. That you make mistakes. That you have needs. And that one of those needs (the biggest need of all) is Jesus.
Now let’s go back to my point here as I wander off on a tangent…
Wisdom…
We aren’t to seek earthly wisdom. We aren’t to seek things that will bring us to a place of pride. There is a difference of being proud of your hard work, and being prideful. Keep that in mind here.
However there is a heavenly wisdom in the bible. Heavenly wisdom comes obviously from God, the Holy Spirit.
The bible speaks about wisdom being FAR more valuable then rubies.
(Proverbs 8:11)
You see the Holy Spirit’s leading will teach you what to say.
(Luke 12:12)
The Holy Spirit will give you spiritual life. (John 3:6)
The Holy Spirit will fill you with power from heaven!
(Luke 24:49)
The Holy Spirit will guide you!
(Galatians 5:16)
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
There is no law against these things! Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.
Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.
Let us not become conceited, or provoke one another, or be jealous of one another.
Galatians 5:22-26 NLT
The Holy spirit will advocate on your behalf. He will teach you and REMIND you of God’s word! (However you have to read and study his word in the first place to be reminded of it!) A different translation says the Holy Spirit is our councilor. Which means we otto seek him for direction instead of seeking humanly wisdom.
(John 14:26)
So I say all this to encourage you today…
Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
Matthew 6:33 NLT
If you’re unsure about a direction for your life, ask the Holy Spirit to lead and guide you. Remember the Holy Spirit will never contradict the word of God. So if you can’t find it in the bible and it goes against his Word it’s not from God it’s just an opinion.
Mary Smith Creative 