Taking Advice

Many advisors will appear if you have questions about what you should do. Frequently, they will appear even if you have no questions. As a Scripture says, there is safety in a multitude of counsellors (Proverbs 11:4). That is under the assumption that they are wise counsellors, of course.

Abraham had been promised a son through whom his descendants would become innumerable. It wasn’t happening. His wife advised him on how to fix it:
Abram’s wife Sarai had not borne him children. She owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar. Sarai said to Abram, “Since the Lord has prevented me from bearing children, go to my slave; perhaps I can have children by her.” And Abram agreed to what Sarai said. So Abram’s wife Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian slave, and gave her to her husband Abram as a wife for him. This happened after Abram had lived in the land of Canaan 10 years. He slept with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When she realized that she was pregnant, she looked down on her mistress. Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for my suffering! I put my slave in your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has looked down on me. May the Lord judge between me and you.”
(Genesis 16:1-5 Holman Christian Standard Bible® )

Anytime anyone gives you advice or prophecy, ask the Spirit to give you discernment about what He has to say, and if He is speaking to you through them. Even if they are a family member or a boss or a church leader. Every time you end up with an Ishmael (man’s advice) instead of an Isaac (God’s advice) you have to painfully throw Ishmael out of your camp. Or, worse yet, you have to live under his evil influence or demands.