THE COUNSEL OF THE WISE

Read 1 Kings 12:1-24

KEY VERSE: "And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever. " (VERSE 7)

When we become leaders, we always want to do things our way. We felt that we were given power to have people under us serve us. We never listen to the counsel of other people. For us as leaders," It's my way or the highway" is the saying.

I personally write this based upon my experiences with our company president which took the post at 2013. At that time I was still a supervisor and was handling one of our VIP accounts. He then approached each one of us, and asked us how to make the company much better. We gave our suggestions, hoping that he will listen to us since we feel he will need all the help that he can get. That's what we thought. He began to implement rules that will not benefit the teachers, and we supervisors opposed that rule. He began to retaliate by eliminating most of the supervisors, and ruling us with an iron hand. I was forced out of the account that I was in and even got complaints suddenly when he became president. His rule was marred by mass resignations of teachers old and new alike. Suddenly, the company was not a happy place anymore. It took a visit from our head office this year and about February he is not the company president anymore. We are now praying and hoping that things will get better for us that remained here.

The same thing happened to King Rehoboam of Israel, when the people approached him and aired their concerns to him. Instead of listening to the counsel of the elders that worked with his father, he instead took the counsel of the people he grew up with, which is foolishness, thus ten tribes of Israel rebelled. Only the tribe of Judah was left. King Rehoboam didn't heed sound counsel, thus the people chose another.   

In Paul's letter to the Ephesians, he stressed "And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him." (Chapter 6:9).

In closing, Our Lord Jesus came to our world to serve us. He healed he sick, fed those who are hungry, made happy those that are sad, and most of all sought those that are lost.

MAY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BLESS YOU,

BRIAN LUCIANO

APRIL 27,2018