Guide Me With Thy Counsel

 

“Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.”-Psalms 73:24

Once upon a time, back in the olden days, you know, before the invention of the smart phone, you had to navigate on your own. At times, it was necessary to buy a map, or consult written directions, or even ask for directions! Personally, I always preferred the tried-and-true method of following someone. But not just anyone, someone who has been there before. Who knew where you wanted to go and could guide you. Leading you all the way to your destination.

A guide can lead you because they have knowledge, wisdom, and experience. Christ came into this world and put on flesh. He walked, talked, slept, sweated, bled, cried, and experienced all human emotion. Furthermore, the scripture says that he was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. I once had a professor in college who taught international business who had never left the country. He went from high school to college, to master’s, to doctorate, to teaching. He had studied business but never owned a business or worked in an international business setting. He had studied the theory but knew nothing of the practice. Christ knows in both theory and in practice. He came to declare the mystery of God and guide us with counsel. When you have the Word of God, and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, you have at your disposal the counsel of God. You have access to someone who knows all. How confident would you be with your investments if you knew the outcome of the stock market for the next fifty years? Christ has gone behind and before us. He is there as an intercession for us, a counselor, and a guide. Yet, how p people reject Him and opt for their own unique plans and wishes? Deciding to be the experts and leaders of their own life at great peril. There is no counsel in this world that can lead you out of sin and receive you into glory. The counsel of this world will only lead you to doom. While hindsight is 20/20, foresight is blind, you cannot know but you can yield to Christ. Yield to Him and let Him be your guide. Led by the one who knows all and knows best. This is the life of faith, the life of the Christian. Walking in the confidence, guidance, and all the counsel of God.

The Psalmist said guide me with thy counsel and after receive me up into glory. If heaven is your destination, then you must follow the man who has been there, that came from there, that holds the keys and will guide us to there.