"Plans succeed through good counsel; do not go to war without wise advice."
Most people do not plan to fail, they fail to plan! How about yourself, do you have a good life plan? Most of us do not have to plan for a war, but without wise advice and good counsel we could make many unnecessary mistakes during our life. Those who do take us to a war had better be wise enough to seek many counselors. The One Truth Today is that before committing to a major event in your life, you should not go it alone, you need good counsel and sound advice if you hope to succeed. Before anything of consequence in our lives we need to seek the Lord and His will. We need to seek wise advice and good counsel from Godly parents, brothers or sisters, or trusted confidants. It is also good advice to put anything major in your life in writing. A plan is drawn up to build a house and a plan should be drawn up to build a life!
The beginning of wisdom is the "fear of God". We are told in the Word to always seek the Lord first in anything and everything we do. God wants to be a part of our lives and in fact He is very interested in us. God wants us to seek His will for our lives and then conform to it. We need to pray that our life decisions will be in His Will. Remember, we are not to say we will go here or there, or do this or that, because we do not know what a day will bring forth. Instead we are cautioned to say, we will do this or that or go here or there, God Willing! So we must always include God in the equation or it would be a FAILURE TO PLAN!
When seeking guidance and advice from others you should consider the source. It may be that professionals in medicine or architecture, for example, may not be believer's and may give sound and reasonable advice. It is important that in personal live changing decisions that we seek good counsel and wise advice from those who are wise and good. Only those that fear God can give this kind of good advice based on the wisdom of the Word. If someone is the opposite of you in belief and they do not think as you do, they can not give appropriate advice. If they leave God out of the equation they will come to the wrong answer or result. The best advice is from God and His Prophets and His Word. The second best advice if from Godly believer's of like mind. The biggest mistake is a FAILURE TO PLAN!
