Did you do a double take at the title? My daughter Sara bought a goldfish for her
aquarium. Over the last few months it
has tripled in size and it’s huge! I
don’t know why, but it will jump out of the water and hit the lid over the
tank. It hits so hard sometimes that we
hear it over the TV. And it will do it
over and over. Tim and I joke about it
giving itself a concussion.
“The way of fools seems right to them, but the
wise listen to advice.” Proverbs 12:15 (NIV)
There’s nothing wrong with listening
to advice. It doesn’t make you weak or
less intelligent. In fact not heeding good advice puts you on the same level as
Sara’s goldfish. It didn’t have the
mental capacity to fully understand what it was doing. And I would dare the hits to its head didn’t
help.
You must also be careful that you listen to the right advice - godly advice from those who consult God and rely on His wisdom. Worldly advice is just like banging your head on the top of that fish tank.
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