Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! (Romans 11:33 ESV)
Fear Not… Then Give Good Advice
I have a bit of plumbing knowledge and experience. But I never knew as much as I thought I did, and I have forgotten more than I thought I knew.
And sometimes, when someone asks me for plumbing advice, I falter.
A young man who seemed to know about modern electronic gadgets once listened to my question about how my phone was misbehaving… and his eyes glazed over. He just did not know.
We are asked for advice. And even when we are not actually asked, we sometimes find ourselves in situations where we feel the need to give it.
And that can be a scary thing.
The closer the relationship, the more scary giving advice can be.
The more important the topic, the more scary giving advice can be.
It is scary because we, when we are being honest, do not really know as much as we think we do.
However, (AND THIS IS A HUGE HOWEVER!) you DO have the perfect advice to give.
You have sixty-six books worth. You have, in the King James Version of the Bible, 783,137 words worth.
Passing on God’s word and advice in every situation is passing on the best advice.
In fact, passing on God’s advice is the best advice possible… because He is God!
Sometimes the advice found in God’s word is principial, and sometimes it is very specific. But passing on God’s advice is less scary… because it is HIS reliable, sure, personal, and powerful advice.
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. (II Timothy 3:16 ESV)
We do not need to give our own good advice… we can give Biblical Advice
Fear Not… then give good advice.