Monday... So where do I go?

Proverbs 12:15 (NLT), "Fools think their own way is right, but the wise listen to others."

Monday... So where do I go?

Yes, where do you go when you need advice?

Proverbs 12:15 (NLT) says, "Fools think their own way is right, but the wise listen to others."

The Amplified Bible says Proverbs 12:15 this way, "The way of the [arrogant] fool [who rejects God's wisdom] is right in his own eyes, but a wise and prudent man is he who listens to counsel."

Now that is so easy for us all to do. We are smart, we have experience, we've made wise decisions before but it still is important to stop and seek out God's wisdom. There is a reason why God has given us the Bible, there is a reason why he has given us Godly people in our lives, why he has given us the Holy Spirit, and why he has given us as Christ-followers direct access to God through his son, Jesus.

There is a reason why we cultivate a channel to God through prayer, reading the Bible, going to church, spending time with Godly people.

I'm also reading the vision that John had on the Isle of Patmos. In Revelation 5:6 (AMP) he writes, "And there between the throne (with four living creatures) and among the elders I saw a Lamb (Christ) standing, [bearing scars and wounds] as though it had been slain, with seven horns (complete power) and with seven eyes (complete knowledge), which are the seven Spirits of God who have been sent [on duty] into all the earth." And it also said in verse 8 (NIRV) there were 24 elders and "they were holding golden bowls full of incense. They stand for the prayers of God's people." That vision is of Heaven.

Yes, we have access to God, Jesus and his Spirit.

Back to Proverbs 12, verse 25 (NLT) says, "Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up."

Verse 26, "The godly give good advice to their friends; the wicked lead them astray."

And verse 28 (NIRV), "There is life in doing what is right. Along that path you will never die."

So that is where we can go. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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