Proverbs: Day 11

Proverbs 11

11:14
Where there is no guidance, a people falls,
but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

There is no getting around the biblical reality that we are in need of others. While others strive for autonomy and admire self-dependence, the Scriptures point to our need for others. Titus 2 teaches us of the older mentoring younger dynamic of life on life discipleship. In following after Christ, we need to be following others who are following Christ.

A mark of wisdom is the ability to receive instruction. This is clearly the fruit of humility.

Verse 14 reminds us that we need to be grateful for those who speak truth into our lives. Those who do not have this type of instruction suffer, while those who have "an abundance of counselors" find safety.

May we both humbly receive this godly instruction from "an abundance of counselors," as well as seek to be this type of voice in the lives of others.