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As often as I’ve gone to my Wonderful Counselor, he’s never been unavailable. It just doesn’t matter when or where, he’s always there for me. Many earthly counselors can have difficulty relating to us, if they haven’t had similar experiences. But not my Wonderful Counselor. I’m told in Scripture that he has suffered everything that I will ever suffer, and he is touched with the feelings of my weaknesses. You can never say to the Wonderful Counselor, “You don’t understand.” Jesus always understands.
This is one Counselor – and the only one – who can guarantee the results. If we come to him, he has promised to give us rest. He says we can learn from him; he will teach us what we need to know about ourselves, about our relationships, about our feelings and emotions.
When I can’t understand myself, my own reactions, or even verbalize my feelings, I ask him to unravel those jumbled feelings for me. And of course he does, because not only is he my Wonderful Counselor, he is also my Creator. Obviously, if he created me, he certainly understands what makes me tick! And so many times, as I’ve gotten quiet with him, he has shown me things about my own personality puzzle that I never saw before.
I guess the world counselors would call it “getting in touch with your feelings,” but I call it “getting in touch with your Creator.” For sure I can trust the Creator of the Universe, especially since he loves me and wants only the best for me.
So often when we feel the need for some help we call an earthly friend or a professional counselor. And we expect them to give us sympathy or advice or help us heal from our hurts. Sometimes they may be helpful, but often they fail us. That’s because they may be well meaning, but they are not our Wonderful Counselor, like Jesus is.
Honestly, do you seek earthly counsel more than you seek the counsel of Jesus? Do you turn to Jesus first, or only after you’ve tried everything and everyone else?
I commend to you this most Wonderful Counselor, Jesus Christ, and I urge you to seek his counsel first and foremost. He’s the Counselor with perfect wisdom as well as the power to make things different in your life