Topic: Trust And Obey
Text: Daniel 3:8-30

When Jesus was about to leave this world, He left the Holy Spirit with us to be our guide. John 16:13 says; “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.” Anytime you need counsel, turn to the Holy Spirit for guidance. If you turn to human beings for guidance, they will guide you wrongly. Even if they wish to guide you aright, they can only guide you according to the limit of their knowledge.

The Bible says: “Thus saith the Lord, cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. For he shall be like the heath in the desert and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.”

In fact, God promised to destroy the wisdom of the wise when they come contrary to His will (I Corinthians 1:19-20). We have a good example of a good counselor in the case of Ahitophel versus David. The Bible tells us that when Ahitophel gave counsel, it was as if such counsel came from the oracle of God. One day, however, he decided to go contrary to the will of God. He teamed up with Absalom against David. David then prayed for the counsel of Ahitophel to turn to naught. Ahitophel counseled Absalom to pursue David immediately but God quietly asked Absalom to seek the counsel of another fellow. Another prophet told Absalom not to chase David immediately and Absalom agreed to this.

By taking this advice, David was about to escape and re-organized himself. The best worldly counselor will fail you. Only Jesus will lead you aright.

Memory Verse: I Corinthians 3:19 - “For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.”