“….His name shall be called wonderful, counselor, mighty God, everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
I mentioned in yesterday’s article that in some translations “wonderful” and “counselor” are translated as “wonderful counselor.” I chose to separate the two, but of course Jesus is a “wonderful counselor.” The Hebrew word that is translated “counselor” can also be translated “advisor.” However we might translate the word, it means that Jesus knows more than we do and can counsel, or advise us, about our lives. I want to show three ways that Christ’s counsel is not only good for us, but is necessary for us to live as we should. His counsel is always wise. I pointed out yesterday about Jesus’ perfection. His counsel is also perfect. It is so important that we follow His counsel that Jesus gave us the Holy Spirit to lead and guide our decisions. . We might say that Jesus has us covered with wise counsel if we will just pay attention to His leadership. All of us could give examples how we messed up when we failed to follow His counsel. Which leads me to: His counsel will make us better people. For example, in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus told us that we should love our enemies. I think that we can agree that to do this would make us better people. He told us that the world will know we belong to Him if we love one another. (John 13:35) Loving one another will make us better human beings. We should strive to be better human beings, not to make us self-righteous, but to make us better witnesses. The world needs for us to follow the counsel of Jesus…period. His counsel will lead us to righteousness. In Psalm 23:3b, David wrote: “He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.” This is the path that Jesus wants us to take. The path of righteousness is not always easy, and sometimes we just plain fail, but it is a path that we need to follow.. Jesus is, or can be, your counselor. Surrender your life to His leadership. Bro. Joe
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