2 Samuel 17: In Church or on the Couch

In life we often are in the position when we give or receive advice. In this chapter Absalom hears 2 sets of advice. He goes for Hushai’s opinion over the experienced Ahithophel. The Lord is directly engineering this situation so the King David’s kingdom will survive this coup attempt. We need to consider carefully the advice we receive from others. What is their world view? What are their assumptions about human nature and about how adequate the Bible is in our holistic well being? God has given us the Holy Spirit as the Comforter, His Word as all wisdom and Jesus as our sympathising Saviour. We may find more help to deal with our issues in gospel community than on a pyscho-analysist couch.