The disciplined Christian will be very careful what sort of counsel he seeks from others. Counsel that contradicts the written Word is ungodly counsel. Blessed is the man that walketh not in that.
Interpretation
Seek counsel that aligns with your beliefs and values; avoid ungodly advice.
This quote emphasizes the importance of discernment in the advice we seek from others. Elisabeth Elliot suggests that a disciplined Christian should carefully choose whom to listen to, ensuring that their counsel aligns with biblical teachings, as guidance that contradicts these principles is deemed ungodly.
In practice
This quote can be used in a sermon about the importance of choosing wise friends.
We are not asked to SEE," said Amy. "Why need we when we KNOW?" We know--not the answer to the inevitable Why, but the incontestable fact that it is for the best. "It is an irreparable loss, but is it faith at all if it is 'hard to trust' when things are entirely bewildering?
Prayer lays hold of God's plan and becomes the link between His will and its accomplishment on earth. Amazing things happen, and we are given the privilege of being the channels of the Holy Spirit's prayer.
What sort of world might it have been if Eve had refused the servants offer and had said to him instead, “let me not be like God. Let me be what I was made to be - let me be a woman'?
Worship is not an experience. Worship is an act, and this takes discipline. We are to worship ''in spirit and in truth.'' Never mind about the feelings. We are to worship in spite of them.
Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands.
If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.
Wishing you happiness always! Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. . . . . Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
When you counsel someone, you should appear to be reminding him of something he had forgotten, not of the light he was unable to see.
Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
The only people who see the whole picture,' he murmured, 'are the ones who step out of the frame.
And indeed there will be time to wonder, 'Do I dare?', and 'Do I dare?
If there were no night, we would not appreciate the day, nor could we see the stars and the vastness of the heavens. We must partake of the bitter with the sweet. There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, they purify, and thus they bless.
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