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Psalm chapter 16, verse 7.

I bless the Lord who gives me counsel.

In the night also, my heart instructs me.

What a great verse, especially when you were walking through some kind of decision in your life, your family,

or in the church, or at work, you're just asking for wisdom from God. I always go to Psalm

chapter 16, verse 7, actually a couple of Psalms, and this is one of them. I bless the Lord who gives me

counsel. What a great picture of God. Yahweh, the Lord, he gives me counsel. I can think about

times in our life where we think, you know, it would be helpful if I talk to a counselor. Can anybody

recommend a counselor for me? Then we start looking for counselors, and then I step back and think, wait a counselor. Can anybody recommend a counselor for me? Then we start looking for counselors.

And then I step back and think, wait a minute. This is not to say human counselors aren't

helpful. They certainly are, but the Lord has called himself in his word, my counselor. The God

of the universe gives me counsel. I mean, this isn't just going to a buddy

of mine or even some professional somewhere and saying, hey, can I get some counsel? This is going

before the God of the universe and saying, please counsel me. And he says, I will. I bless the Lord

who gives me counsel.

In the night also, my heart instructs me.

Oh, what a great picture.

In the night, as I lay down, even as I sleep and I'm unconscious,

my counselor is still teaching me.

He's instructing me even in the middle of the night.

So that when I wake up in the morning,

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