“Blessed is the man that walketh not in
the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in
the seat of the scornful.” Psalm 1:1(KJV)
From our opening scripture, we see that one of
the things that will hinder your success is the counsel of the ungodly. Many
years ago when America began to go deeply into debt, the nation went into debt
first, and then the nation got its people into debt. America is the largest
debtor in the world. It was a choice based on the wrong counsel. I heard
someone say that Nigeria should make sure that the masses should have credit
facilities available to them, saying, that the nation should see to it that money
is available for people to build houses on credit, and buy cars on credit, just
the way it is done in America. If only they knew that by so doing, they are
about to lead the nation Nigeria into greater debt, they would not think and
talk that way. America’s greatest problem today is debt and they’re regretting
that they went in that direction.
So where do you get your counsel from? As a
businessman, where do you get your counsel? Have you studied that idea or
concept to know if it will eventually work?
Do not follow ungodly counsel. Some people may wrongly
counsel you and say, “If you want people to respect you, you have to be very
harsh,” No! It is not by been very harsh; but rather, be very firm. What is the
difference between the two? Being very harsh means you have bad character. It means that you are inhospitable and
severely critical to others. But being firm means you are definite on
principle. In other words, you are living based on godly standards in your
dealings with others.
So it is important that you always study the
principle or any idea that is given to you. This is because following the
counsel of the ungodly will lead you away from success God’s way and the
blessing. Any idea that is not consistent with God’s word will empower you to
fail.
Prayer
Dear Father I choose to live and conduct
my life only by your counsel. I ask that you expose every seed of falsehood
that have entered into my belief system so that I will be able to prove the good,
acceptable and perfect will of God for my life in Jesus Name. Amen.
For further study
Job 21:16, Psalm 64:2, Psalm 119:115, Proverbs
13:20, Matthew 17:13-14.
Doing the Word
Break every friendship that feeds
you with ungodly counsel.
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