When Absalom rose up against his father, King David, he amazingly met no resistance. (2 Samuel 15:13-16). The King and his men evacuated the city in great hurry.
But for the fact that it was an ugly case of a son revolting against his own father, Absalom’s thunderstorm strike on David’s government which led to it’s fleeing the capital city would have been described as a grandly successfull putsch.
But when the crucial moment of the first cabinet meeting came up on that first day, something happened. A man, Hushai by name, who had been secretly detailed by King David to counter the counsel of Ahithophel, Israel’s best counselor at the time, was invited into the cabinet meeting to express his view on Ahithophel’s watertight counsel that proposed a midnight blitzkrieg; and to offer his own view (2 Samuel 17:5-6)
Hushai, as should be expected, punctured Ahithophel’s excellent counsel and thus began the fall of Absalom. Of course, God allowed that to happen because He didn’t want Absalom to be King.
What’s our lesson in all of this? It’s that you must be highly careful who you open up to for advise on your matrimonial issues. The person that appears like a trusted counselor might have his loyalty elsewhere!
It’s important that you really know the person you’re asking advice from! Why? Because some people may seem to be with you but their loyalty is somewhere else.
Plain common sense and a little bit of mature mindedness would have made Absalom to know that if Hushai, his father’s closest friend, could so easily shift loyalty to him the Son of King David in less than half a day, as he’d done, then he must be a treacherous man who only disguised as friend to his father for years and should not be trusted by himself the Son.
Such an analysis would have made him reject Hushai, let alone asking him to come into the very first cabinet meeting of his new government.
He should have known that Hushai could not be trusted if he could so easily betray his father whom he professed to love.
That brings us to the point of quietly scrutinizing that friend, that neighbour, that colleague, etc, who is helping you to criticize your Spouse and offering you advice on “how to deal with them”. Could they be a secret agent like Hushai? Could they have some vested interest?
Very many years ago, a man wanted to sell his car. But because he loved the car, he decided to sell it to a particular individual. He went on and invited the person and told him his intention. He gave him an exceptionally favourable price that was more like gifting him the car.
The young beneficiary left the kind gentlemen and “sought” advise from another fellow! The “advisor” was smart, seeing how amazing the offer was. He advised the dude to forget about that offer; that it wasn’t a sincere one. How could anyone agree to sell a roadworthy car you at such a “ridiculous” price?
Before you can say “Jack Robinson” the advisor rushed to the car owner and offered to buy the car at a higher price and was handed the vehicle. Deal closed!
Some have lost their fiance, husband, wedding, etc because they sought advice.
Don’t be a fool!
If you are legitimately married, it means God joined you and your Spouse. When you have any issues about the marriage, the person to seek solution from is GOD who joined you.
Get on your knees and seek Him in sincerity, humility, truth and meekness. As you do, He will help you out. His Holy Spirit will guide you. 🌹🌹🌹🌹
💕❤️Tonight’s Assignment In The Bedroom:
Reread today’s devotional piece together just before bedtime.
Discuss it.
✝️ Jesus Is Lord Forever!
Only Jesus can save your soul from going to Hell.
If you haven’t yet received Him, please ask Him to come into your heart and save you and He will.
Please, don’t delay! Receive Him Today!
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