BBD 07.27.21 Right Counsel (Classic)
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Classic from 2002
The Burning Bush Devotional
27 July 2021
Right Counsel
The
thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
- Proverbs 12:5.
In
Jacksonville, Florida, a fire truck was sent to take an elderly man to the
hospital. The man was accidentally struck and killed by the truck that was sent
to help. In Ft. Worth, Texas, a man involved in a bar fight was accidentally struck
and killed when a sheriff’s vehicle responded to the call for help from the
bar. In Middleburg, Virginia, a woman fell from her horse after receiving a bee
sting. She was accidentally struck and killed when a friend frantically drove
to give aid. Horrible! Yes, and it was the result of having a desire to help.
Of
course, as Christians we want to help when others are hurting, but we have to
be careful what we say and do. Our thoughts, our desires to help others are
more often correct than not. However, our actions, our counsels may not always
be the best. Before we rush in to help, we want to make sure that we will not
make a bad situation worse. The thoughts of the righteous are right, but are
our counsels any better than those of the world? If we use the viewpoint of the
world in our counseling, we have not helped, but made things worse.
When we
are giving counsel, we want to avoid ever advising someone to lie, or give
false witness; even when it appears to be the easy way out, and when the truth
may hurt. When we are giving counsel, we want to encourage the right things
such as love, kindness, gentleness, going the extra mile, and turning the other
cheek. We should never speak of getting even, or of having revenge. Not only
should our thoughts be of that which is right, but let our counsels be so as
well.
The next time the phone rings and someone is in trouble, remember the
importance of your words and actions, as you seek to render aid and comfort in
the Name of our Lord.
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