Blessed are we if we wait for Him.

Isaiah {30:1} Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin.

Isaiah {30:18} And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him.

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Take counsel. What good are those words if the source of your counsel is corrupt? Seriously. We tell people to get counseling all the time, that it helps and it can help. But what if we tell someone to get counseling and they choose a counselor that is abusive and only hurts them? Would they have a good experience with the counseling? No. The counseling could actually hurt them more than help. When counseling is taken it's recommended that a person know the reputation of the one they are going to get counseling from.

Isaiah {9:6} For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. {9:7} Of the increase of [his] government and peace [there shall be] no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

Jesus- Counsellor!

When we take counsel from any other than God in things pertaining to life everlasting that counsel labels us as rebellious. When we desire to be covered with anything but the Spirit of God we are only adding sin to sin. We need the Spirit of God and when we have the Spirit of God, when we are covered by the Holy Spirit we are protected by God. When we take counsel of God we are protected by God.

We are to see God in all ways.

We aren't to seek others, we aren't to get help from others, and no, I'm not saying we can't go to others with our problems or such but they should be secondary, not primary. God's counsel should be first. If was seek God first we have the protection that we need when we go to others seeking their help. God should always be first, always. The Holy Spirit should be totally covering us, totally surrounding us. When we allow other things, other people to control our lives then we take control from God where it belongs. Only God has our total well being in mind, even when we are chastened by Him.

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The Lord waits- why? To be gracious. To have mercy upon us. Blessed are we if we wait for Him.

Think about it...

We want to yell and scream at God for taking too long as people suffer and yet it is pure graciousness, pure mercy on His part that He waits and blessed are we that wait for him. We have to wait on Him knowing that to do so will bless us beyond our imaginations.

May the Lord bless and keep us waiting for Him, keep us covered by His Holy Spirit, and may we seek counsel from the Lord first and foremost, by His will and by the mercy and grace of our Lord and Savior, Amen.