The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 10 November 2026 – Beware Of Ungodly Counsel
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TOPIC – Beware Of Ungodly Counsel
READ: 1 Kings 12:16-24
16 So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.
17 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
21 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
24 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the Lord, and returned to depart, according to the word of the Lord.
THE MESSAGE:
Although God had determined to split the nation of Israel, Rehoboam’s outright rejection of the godly counsel of the elders who served with his father brought about the fulfilment of the judgement upon the nation. When the people sent a delegation to appeal to him to lighten the heavy burden placed on them, he consulted two groups of people: The elders who served with his father and the young men, his age mates, who now served with him. However, it turned out that he took the evil counsel and advice of the young men, and that cost him eleven tribes.
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the ungodly (Psalm 1:1). The Goodnews Bible puts it this way, “Happy are those who reject the advice of evil people.” One other classical case of ungodly counsel in the Bible is in the story of the rape of Tamar by her brother, Amnon (2 Samuel 13). That ungodly and wicked act was sponsored by the ungodly counsel and advice of Amnon’s friend, Jonadab. We must learn to judge every counsel we receive, to discern which one is godly and which one to run with. This is because the consequence of our wrong choices will not be upon the advisers but on us. Beware of the counsels that guide your actions! Most destinies, marriages and societies, have been destroyed due to ungodly counsel.
PRAYER: Father, deliver me from ungodly counsels.
