Proverbs 15:22
Sometimes
plans just fall apart. Sometimes a new grandson needs open-heart surgery in
order to live. Blogging took a vacation!
As
I listen to the noise coming from Washington, our proverb seems to fit. The “exchanges”
aren’t ready, and we were told they would not be ready, and yet we are told to
go and sign up knowing that they aren’t ready. The problem is not a lack of
advisors, but an unwillingness to listen to them!
Do
you have people in your life that you turn to when you need advice? I hope you
do. We all need advice from time to time. Even the wisest among us became wise
by listening to what others have to say. We learn something by listening to
what our opponents have to say. Perhaps opponent is too strong a word. Maybe
they just disagree with how we frame the problem. Maybe there is more than one
way to frame a problem.
What
plans are you working on? What do you what to accomplish that you haven’t
already done? Where is the LORD calling you to step out in faith? You need some
other people with whom you can discuss your plans, troubleshoot, and brainstorm.
You need advisors if you are going to succeed.
This
is one of the difficult lessons for young people to understand. They think they
should be able to do it all themselves if they are going to be successful. Bill
Gates pulled in some very smart business people into his inner circle to help
with the business side of his project. He didn’t try to do something that would
divert his energies from what he was really good at doing. He stuck to product
development and allowed others to give him advice on business.
Paul
the Apostle stuck to what the LORD had called him to do: preach the Gospel. He
could have gotten sidetracked many times, but he stayed single-focused. He had
Barnabas and others to whom he sought advice, but he never stopped his primary
calling.
Are
you single-focused, or scatter-brained? I can tell you, there are times when I
am scatter-brained. I have too many things going on at the same time. Lord,
help me to put down some things!