May 18

I love the Proverbs! They are so sweet and sometimes… challenging shall I say? Today the life came to me out of the heading “Value of Advisors”. The Lord spoke to me and I read those Proverbs sloooowww.

You have heard of the phrase “self-made man”, well I feel like I have been a little too self made. What I mean by that is that I have had to learn on my own. It isn’t that I didn’t want to be taught and guided, it is that this culture doesn’t do that well. As a pastor I have had to learn the hard way more than a couple of times as well as other areas of my life. So the Lord struck me with wisdom and the breath of His Spirit;

Proverbs 11:14 (NIV)
14 For lack of guidance a nation falls, but many advisers make victory sure.

Proverbs 15:22 (NIV)
22 Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

I will, from this day forward, assemble advisors around to me help me make decisions. When working on my house, I will get council. When investing money, I will seek guidance, and perhaps the biggest area of life spoken to me today is in the realm of the ministry of Hope Chapel. I will seek out those who are wise and assemble counselors to help me implement a sure plan of God’s calling. I think I just gained some freedom and some life!