We Are All Counselors!

Over and over again, the Psalmist pleads his case to God. This is a commendable spiritual discipline for sure- One we are all called to do!  
But if our prayers only consist of requests, we have missed the boat.  We must always bring God and His truth into our tiny pictures. Reminding ourselves of who He is and whose we are.  
In essence, we become Counselors! We encourage and tell ourselves the truth. We “step back” from ourselves and our circumstances and turn from just a “player” to a player-coach. Learning to invite the Counselor, the Spirit of Light and Life into our daily lives is a discipline we can’t LIVE without.  It is no coincidence Jesus mentions giving us peace right after He tells us the Father will send The Spirit. John 14:
25“All this I have spoken while still with you. 26But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

Let us take David’s example! For the Truth will set us free!  Free from-worry, fear, doubt, depression, hopelessness, despair, confusion ….you get the picture. 

George Mueller did and look what God did through him!  Peace, Jon 
                   Cast Down

 “Why art thou cast down, O my soul” (Ps. 43:5).

   Is there ever any ground to be cast down? There are two reasons, but only two. If we are as yet unconverted, we have ground to be cast down; or if we have been converted and live in sin, then we are rightly cast down.   But except for these two things there is no ground to be cast down, for all else may be brought before God in prayer with supplication and thanksgiving. And regarding all our necessities, all our difficulties, all our trials, we may exercise faith in the power of God, and in the love of God.   “Hope thou in God.” Oh, remember this: There is never a time when we may not hope in God. Whatever our necessities, however great our difficulties, and though to all appearance help is impossible, yet our business is to hope in God, and it will be found that it is not in vain. In the Lord’s own time help will come.   Oh, the hundreds, yea, the thousands of times that I have found it thus within the past seventy years and four months!   When it seemed impossible that help could come, help did come; for God has His own resources. He is not confined. In ten thousand different ways, and at ten thousand different times God may help us.   Our business is to spread our cases before the Lord, in childlike simplicity to pour out all our heart before God, saying,   “I do not deserve that Thou shouldst hear me and answer my requests, but for the sake of my precious Lord Jesus; for His sake answer my prayer, and give me grace quietly to wait till it please Thee to answer my prayer. For I believe Thou wilt do it in Thine own time and way.”   ***   “For I shall yet praise him.” More prayer, more exercise of faith, more patient waiting, and the result will be blessing, abundant blessing. Thus I have found it many hundreds of times, and therefore I continually say to myself, “Hope thou in God.”  –George Mueller