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Some years ago I was standing near
a man and woman after a church service, and I overheard the woman
ask the man what he thought about human sexuality. Delighted to offer his expert opinion, he drew himself up and loftily began his soliloquy . . ." You know, every human is a sexual being. . ." He went on and on, and I watched the woman's eyes glaze over. The man's need to have his opinion heard and esteemed on anything had blinded him to what was really going on. I knew the woman, and figured that she was looking for back door permission to have an affair. Ten minutes later I checked on the conversation, and it had taken some pretty drastic turns. We must be reticent to give advice.Teaching is one thing - advising the activities of someone else's life based on only our experience and the hearsay experience of others is quite another. We must be slow to speak and quick to listen. There are saints of the faith who have the supernatural gift of counsel. Those are the ones who wait until the Lord shows them what is really going on. Too many of us are quick to blab opinion and call it truth. Before I dare to offer words about someone's life, I must make sure I have confessed all sin. I must be prepared of heart - perhaps fasted. I must wait on the Holy Spirit, and if I am shown nothing, then I must say nothing, even if the person seeking counsel gets angry. Seek God before seeking human counsel. Seek God before giving human counsel. We all have teeny little worm's eye views of everything under the sun, and only the Lord brings the Word of the Lord! |
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