Date: Friday, 22nd August, 2025
Text: Isaiah 11:1-2
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
Life is full of choices. Everyday we make choices, whether consciously or unconsciously. You are where you are today by the choices you made yesterday. Where you will be tomorrow will be determined by the choices you make today. Some decisions are poor and some are great.
Counsel means guidance, advice, direction, or strategy needed to follow as we make plans. The word of God says, “Without counsel, plans go awry, but in the multitude of counselors they are established”- Proverbs 15:22. Also, “Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in the multitude of counselors there is safety”- Proverbs 11:14.
The Spirit of Counsel is one of the Seven Spirits of God mentioned in Isaiah 11:2: “And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.”
This Spirit of counsel divinely assists us to make wise daily choices, whether small, like what clothes to wear, or great, like ministry, career or marital decisions. The word of God says, “Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, this is the way, walk in it…” Isaiah 30:21. He helps us discern God’s will, avoid mistakes, and walk in the right path.
A lot of folks have made grave errors and made a shipwreck of their lives because they walked on their own understanding.
Surrender your heart to the Lord Jesus and allow the Spirit of Counsel to guide you.
Prophetic Nugget: Receive the supernatural guidance of the spirit of counsel as from today in Jesus name.
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