Who is your closest confidant? Is it a close friend or family member? Do they provide you with wise advice when you need it? Do you always ask the same person for advice? How often do you ask God to provide the wise advice you need?
We often have one or two people we ask advice from. They may or may not always be the right person to provide the best advice. We may be asking them to provide advice for something outside of their specialty or scope of knowledge.
Jesus tells us a parable of a rich man and a poor man named Lazarus. The rich man would not give Lazarus the scraps from his table. Both die with Lazarus going to heaven and the rich man going to hades. The rich man asks Abraham to send Lazarus with a drop of water to cool his tongue, but Lazarus cannot cross the chasm. The rich man then asks Abraham to send Lazarus to his family to warn them.
Just like Abraham told the rich man that his family would not listen to someone risen from the dead, people today do not listen to Jesus, who rose from the dead. Are we listening to Him? Do we fully trust Him? Are we asking Him for advice?
We, being professing Christians, should always be listening for God’s advice. It may come in many forms and from different sources. If we are asking God for advice, we must keep our minds and ears open to hear it. God uses a variety of people whom we come across in our lives to provide us the advice he wants to give us.
I pray we all seek God’s advice. I pray we open our minds and ears to hear God’s advice. I pray each one of us trusts Jesus to provide what we need, including guidance in accordance with His plan. Seek God’s advice. Open your minds. Open your ears. Hear God’s advice. Trust Jesus to provide the best advice.
Luke 16:31 “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”
Marty Pressey 