Is Your Counsel Wise? (2 Chronicles 10)

2 Chronicles 10:15 The king did not listen to the people, for this turn of events was from God: the LORD fulfilled the word he had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, the son of Nebat

In 1 Kings 11:29, we read about Ahijah meeting with Jeroboam on the road. Ahijah tells jeroboam that God will rip the kingdom from Solomon’s hand (by way of his son) and give 10 tribes to Jeroboam because they have forsaken the way of the Lord. 

Rehoboam, Solomon’s son, did not seek the wise counsel of the elders. Instead he listened to his peers, people wanting to get something from his leadership. People who wanted to challenge the way of thinking. People who told him what he wanted to hear. People who thought of the world in the same way he did. This is a very unwise way to get counsel, because it meant he was closing his heart off to the truth and fulfilling worldly desires. 

We need to be aware of who we are seeking advice from. We need to seek out wise counsel from people experienced with God’s word. We need to make sure we are hearing God’s word in the advice we get, and not new interpretations of the Bible, not what our peers want the Bible to mean. A fool doesn’t listen to wise counsel. Is your counsel truly wise? Are they guiding you back to the words in the Bible, back to God? Or are they trying to just guide you in how the world would handle your situation?

God has given us the ability to know right from wrong. At every opportunity we are presented, we get to make the choice. He will allow us to make errors and follow sin if we choose to. We need to truly open our eyes and heart to those who know better and want to guide us back. We see what happened when Rehoboam didn’t do what God wanted. Are there times in your life you see things turn sour after you choose to not follow God’s word?