THOUGHTS ON WISE COUNSEL
OBSERVATION: MOST SCHOLARS AGREE THE PREPONDERANCE OF THE PROVERBS WERE PENNED BY SOLOMON AROUND TENTH CENTURY B.C. THIS STUDY ADDRESSES THE PROCESS OF WISE COUNSEL.
INTERPRETATION: (NASB) PROVERBS 1:5 A WISE MAN WILL HEAR AND INCREASE IN LEARNING, AND A MAN OF UNDERSTANDING WILL ACQUIRE WISE COUNSEL.
THE BOOK (TYNDALE): LET THOSE WHO ARE WISE LISTEN TO THESE PROVERBS AND BECOME EVEN WISER, AND LET THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND BECOME EVEN WISER.
A WISE MAN DEVELOPS THE ART OF HEARING, TO ADMINISTER WISE COUNSEL. THIS REALITY APPLIES TO CHURCHES, NATIONAL, STATE, COUNTY AND CITY GOVERNMENTS. PROVERBS 11: 14 “(NKJV) WHERE THERE IS NO COUNSEL, THE PEOPLE FAIL, BUT IN A MULTITUDE OF COUNSELORS THERE IS SAFETY.
A WISE COUNSELOR CONTINUALLY IMPROVES HIS LISTENING AND LEARNING SKILLS. ONE OLD SAGE STATES, “YOUR EARS ARE THE CONDUIT OF WISDOM.”
APPLICATION: A WISE COUNSELOR IS A BEAUTIFUL GIFT OF THE LORD TO MAN. HE BECAME WISE THROUGH A PROCESS OF HEARING AND LEARNING HOW TO APPLY GOD’S WORD TO LIFE ISSUES. A MULTITUDE OF COUNSELORS ASSURES SAFETY.
