The Hardest Person to Counsel
Often times the hardest person for me to counsel is myself. When I talk with someone else, I start outside and push the fog of confusion and deception aside as I make my way in. When I start with myself, I’m already in the fog. I start in the confusion with no bearings and tend to wonder around lost and in circles.
To make it worse, the mind protects the desires of my heart. Even though I may know the facts. My mind interprets them in ways that are favorable to what I want. It bends the truth and justifies the excuses. It reasons in fallacies so I can get what I want. I can even use Scripture incorrectly to justify my desires.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice. – Pr. 12:15
No matter how “good” we might be, our minds and our hearts play games with us. God did not create us to be islands; we need each other. I’m so thankful for brothers and sisters who can speak truth into my life. They can cut through the fog to find me and help me find my way out. They give me truth to correct my lies and proper interpretation for my misuse of Scripture. Without them, I’d be a proud foolish boy wandering in the confusion of my mind and entangled in the desires of my heart. But they come in to show me the Way, the Truth, and the Life.