Proverbs 19:20 (ESV)
Listen to advice and accept instruction that you may gain wisdom in the future.
The relevance of instruction to life and destiny fulfillment cannot be exaggerated. Instruction is key to destiny fulfillment; it shows one the pathway to destiny. Instruction in life is inevitable, and good counsel is what we are encouraged in God’s Word to receive. To be successful in anything, we need wise counsel. No door can close against anyone who listens to advice and accepts instruction. In this life it is not the knowing of instruction that produces results but the obedience of it. Proverbs 8:33 says, “Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.” The truth is, to hear instructions is to be wise. Our inability to be instructed leaves us vulnerable and unprotected.
Instruction prevents destruction and eliminates failure in life and destiny. At times, people fail not necessarily because they do not know what to do but because they do not follow simple instructions given. Many are afflicted or have died for failing to obey a direction. Jesus wouldn’t have been alive to fulfill His ministry or destiny if Joseph had negotiated the instruction with the angel to run with Baby Jesus and his mother from Herod to Egypt. Pharaoh would have killed Moses had Moses not obeyed the leading to flee from Egypt at that particular point in time. King Saul lost the throne when he worked his desires into the instruction given to him by Prophet Samuel. Had King Saul feared God, he would not have compromised the instructions given to him by Prophet Samuel. So, the fear of the Lord will keep us from compromising any instructions for the pursuit of personal gain.
Beloved, settle down to be instructed to fulfill your destiny. It is the instruction that averts destruction. Your continuity and stability are connected to your obedience to instructions. Nothing exposes a man to danger like foolishness; to lack instructions is foolishness. Your preservation is at the mercy of your wisdom and instructions; the shortage of instructions can cut life short. To be under clear direction and command is a guarantee of a solid destiny. Anyone too big to be instructed and directed is too little to fulfill destiny. Humble yourself to be instructed because pride and arrogance will make you miss your way, wasting time and energy. Refusing instruction will take you to the wrong destination, and it is too late. Today, God is ready to speak to you if you will obey His instructions because God does not waste His dictates. So, ask God for specific instructions regarding your expectation for supernatural supplies. Until your ear can hear what God is saying, your hand cannot handle what He is giving.
O Lord, I reject the lifestyle of pride and arrogance that hinders Your instruction. I receive the grace to obey Your instructions, Lord, in Jesus’ Name.