It means that we can seek guidance from the Lord
in any situation and He will help us. He will guide
us on the right path because He knows us, and
wants what is best for His children. He will give
us peace (comfort) in times of trail, and strength
to endure.
God as Our Counselor
God has always been there as our counselor,
however not many people know how to fully
receive counsel from the Lord. It isn’t just a onesided relationship with Him wherein all we do is
talk through prayer, but it is listening to Him as
well because through that, we will receive the
counsel that we need. God always speaks in
a still quiet voice if only we would listen. Some
people mistake it for our “conscience”, but it really
is God directing your steps.
Receiving victory in life is really simple, and boils
down to counseling with the Lord. Why?
1.He wants what is best for His children because
He loves them.
2.He knows the outcome, and all of the people
involved. Who better to ask for advice?
3.You can’t fail. God loves us and wants what is
best for us, and He will lead you into victory.
So why don’t we listen more to God if it is so
simple, and a win is guaranteed?
Sometimes we don’t like what He is saying
because it could be that we have to give something
up, or because we perceive what He’s asking us
to do is too hard. The core of it is that we just
don’t want to. God may ask you to stop yelling
at your spouse all the time because if you don’t,
you marriage will be ruined by your own tongue.
Instead, God tells you to speak to them in love
and with kindness about the things that bother
you. This, He says, will enhance your marriage
and create deeper intimacy.
However, you moan, and tell God that it is just
too hard to control your tongue. You have a bad
temper, and you were just “made that way”. In
reality, you just don’t want to obey what God has
told you to do. The perception of it being too hard
isn’t true because God will give you the grace to
overcome the temptation to yell. He will help you.
The phrase “you were made that way” is a lie, too.
God didn’t make you that way. Scripture says we
were made in His image, and that type of anger
is not from God. That is like telling God that He is
verbally abusive to His children. Is that really what
you want to say to Him?
In this situation, not only can God not help you
because in addition to not treating your spouse in
an honoring fashion, you are being disobedient
(telling God no, I won’t do it), and then lying to
God that it is His fault that you behave the way
you do. The truth is that if you exercise selfcontrol (fruit of the Spirit), you can overcome the
temptation to yell. This is a godly solution, and
how God wants us to resolve our differences. It
may not be easy, and may take discipline, but it
is possible. However, it is all up to you. You can
choose to take the counsel of the Lord and better
your relationship or you can destroy it. Sadly,
most often people ignore God’s counsel, get into
trouble, endure the pain of their decision, and then
call out to God for advice through their tears. They
could have avoided the entire situation by listening
to God and obeying in the first place.
But remember, it was just too hard (laziness/
procrastination) in the first place. They ended up
reaping the pain for their decision.
Different parts of the trinity have had different
functions in terms of being a counselor, yet they
are very intricately entwined because while they
are separate components, they are very much
one. Jesus counseled people as He taught about
the Father. He had supernatural knowledge and
knew people intimately because He knew through
God how they were created and their thoughts.
He could minister to them at the deepest, most
honest level possible. God does much the same.
He ministers to us through the Holy Spirit who will
bear witness to us in a time of need. The Holy
Spirit will counsel us and direct our steps. He
will lead us with that still quiet voice and through
revelation in the Bible. He brings us into a deeper
relationship with Christ. God wants to guide us,
and to counsel us. All He asks is that we obey
and listen, but often we may find it challenging
because the flesh rises up. The road may not
always be easy, but neither is the pain resu lting
from disobedience. We need to come to a place
where as a believer we trust that God always
wants the best for us, and that victory is always
guaranteed. If we choose to follow God’s counsel,
we will always end up ahead, and the only thing
that will be hurting is our flesh (and Satan).