Proverbs 19:20–21: Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days. There are many plans in a man’s heart, nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand.
Insight
To despise counsel is to play the part of the fool. He who is wise values instruction, especially when it is of an authoritative character. He knows that whatever man may plan, and however wisely he may scheme, the counsel of the Lord is certain, and shall be duly carried out. God has said, “My counsel shall stand; I will do all My pleasure.” How vain the man who would dare to set himself in opposition to it! Happy is he who, waiting on God for instruction, obeys implicitly His counsel, and therefore works for and with Him. 1
Application
Will you be willing to receive the wise counsel that the Lord gave to Joshua after the death of Moses? “Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” Joshua 1:7–8
Motivation
Mark the blameless man, and observe the upright; For the future of that man is peace. Psalm 37:37
If only we would receive His Word with joy and obey His Word with delight. – TWEET IT
Prayer
Father, thank You for giving us all we need to know for life and godliness.
1. Ironside, H. A. (1908). Notes on the Book of Proverbs. Neptune, NJ: Loizeaux Bros.
