Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV) 5 Trust in the LORD - Falmouth Baptist · Proverbs 27:9 (NIV) Perfume and...
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Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV) 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own
understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your
paths straight.
What is the Wisest Choice?
In light of My:
Past
Present
Future
What Keeps us from Making
The Wisest Choice?
Emotion- Positive/Negative
Expectations- False Pressure
Experience- Lacking or Bad
What Allows Wise People to Make
The Wisest Choice?
Wise People Know Their Own Limitations
“They Know
What They Don’t
KNOW”
Genesis 41
Pharaoh Receives Joseph’s Advice
We’ll Never Arrive at a Place Where
We Don’t Need To Seek Wise Counsel
You Will Never Be all God Created
You To Be without Wise Counsel
Wise Counsel Can Come
from Unlikely Sources
Proverbs 28:26 (NIV) He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in
wisdom is kept safe.
Proverbs 15:22 (NIV)
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with
many advisers they succeed.
Proverbs 19:20 (NIV)
Listen to advice and accept instruction,
and in the end you will be wise.
1 Kings 12
Rehoboam Refuses Recommendation
Self Will Set You Back
• Won’t Ask
• Will Seek its Own – Build Up Your “Case”
– Ask Only “Favorable” People
Proverbs 15:12 (NIV) A mocker resents
correction; he will not consult the wise.
Proverbs 26:12 (NIV) Do you see a man
wise in his own eyes? There is more hope
for a fool than for him.
Others May Overpower
• What They Want Will Win
• Don’t Ask a Hothead, Critical Person or Fool
• Don’t Ask a Person Who is not On The Path of the Wise
Proverbs 27:9 (NIV) Perfume and incense
bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness
of one's friend springs from his earnest
counsel.
Proverbs 13:20 (NIV) He who walks with the
wise grows wise, but a companion of fools
suffers harm.
The Power of Wise Asking
• Ask Several
• Give Permission for Truth
• Ask, “What Does God’s Word Say”
• Ask, “What Would Be Wisest”
Colossians 3:15-17 (NIV)
15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your
hearts, since as members of one body you
were called to peace. And be thankful. 16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as
you teach and admonish one another with
all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns
and spiritual songs with gratitude in your
hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do,
whether in word or deed, do it all in the
name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to
God the Father through him.
The Preparation of the Wise
• Ask God for Wisdom
• Look into God’s Word
• Live in Fellowship with Others
• Live for God’s Glory