“Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.”
I was once told if I was the smartest one in my circle of friends, I need more friends. It’s good to have resources available through association or Google, but it’s great to have friends who are wise and able to give you godly direction. I often tell my children a true friend isn’t going to try and convince you to do anything opposite of how I’ve raised you to behave. Likewise, for the believer, a true friend wouldn’t advise you to behave in any manner contrary to a lifestyle pleasing to God.
Make an effort this year to surround yourself with wise companions and those who are able to offer you godly counsel. Seek the advice of those who exhibit the godly results you desire in life as it relates to love, family, children, relationships, health, money, peace, and not those who seem to only tell you what they would do if they were you. When you walk with the wise, you become wise. When you receive godly counsel, you become closer to God.
How many of us have them?
Click HERE to receive inspirational devotions to your email!
“Heavenly Father, thank You for my friends and loved ones that give me godly counsel. Restore one hundredfold in them what they have poured into me. Please continue to direct wise people into my life. In Jesus’ name. Amen.”