Good advice is priceless. It can bring you success and it can protect you from grievous harm. It can save you from a costly mistake and it can guide you to make wise choices. There is enormous value in counselors. The key is to gather as many of them around you as you possibly can!
Astute advisors don’t generally volunteer for the job. They must be enlisted. Wise people don’t waste their time on fools. You must assure them you truly desire to know what they have to say. Counselors are also not wise on every matter. One counselor might be brilliant on financial matters but inept in personal relationships. That is why we must surround ourselves with a diversity of advisors. In every important area of our life we ought to have someone to whom we can go for help. Life is too precious to squander it through foolish choices!
It is our responsibility to gather the best advisors we can around us. We must treat them as a valuable resource. And we must heed their counsel! We negate the value of our advisors if we never do what they suggest! We are also responsible for cultivating a teachable heart. If our heart is unprepared, we will not recognize excellent advice though it stares us in the face!
Think of the top three advisors you currently have accessible to you. Consider their caliber. Reflect on their godliness. Reflect on the track record of what they have advised. Then consider how secure you are in facing the upcoming challenges of your life. Do you need to gather more advisors? Do you need to start listening to the ones you already have?