Week 5: Axing Armchair Quarterbacks

6 for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory. —Proverbs 24:6

5 It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to
hear the song of fools. —Ecclesiastes 7:5

The advisors we choose affect the outcomes we get

1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to
Shechem to make him king. 2 And as soon as Jeroboam the son of Nebat
heard of it (for he was in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), then
Jeroboam returned from Egypt. 3 And they sent and called him. And Jeroboam
and all Israel came and said to Rehoboam, 4 “Your father made our yoke
heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy
yoke on us, and we will serve you.” 5 He said to them, “Come to me again in
three days.” So the people went away. 6 Then King Rehoboam took counsel
with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet
alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?” 7 And they said
to him, “If you will be good to this people and please them and speak good
words to them, then they will be your servants forever.” 8 But he abandoned the
counsel that the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men who
had grown up with him and stood before him. 9 And he said to them, “What do
you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke
that your father put on us’?” 10 And the young men who had grown up with him
said to him, “Thus shall you speak to the people who said to you, ‘Your father
made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us’; thus shall you say to them, ‘My
little finger is thicker than my father’s thighs. 11 And now, whereas my father laid
on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with
whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’” 12 So Jeroboam and all the
people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king said, “Come to me again
the third day.” 13 And the king answered them harshly; and forsaking the
counsel of the old men, 14 King Rehoboam spoke to them according to the
counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will
add to it. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with
scorpions.” 15 So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of affairs
brought about by God that the LORD might fulfill his word, which he spoke by
Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 16 And when all Israel saw
that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, “What
portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Each of
you to your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David.” So all Israel
went to their tents. 17 But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who lived
in the cities of Judah. 18 Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was
taskmaster over the forced labor, and the people of Israel stoned him to death
with stones. And King Rehoboam quickly mounted his chariot to flee to Jerusalem. 19 So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this
day. —2 Chronicles 10:1–19

When seeking advisors, prioritize PRACTITIONERS over THEORETICIANS.

Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of
God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. —Hebrews 13:7

When considering OUTCOMES of practitioners, force yourself to consider
their WHOLE picture.

34 And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them,
“If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and
follow me. 35 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his
life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. 36 For what does it profit a man to
gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? 37 For what can a man give in return
for his soul? 38 For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this
adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed
when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.” —Mark 8:34–38

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