The voice we do not want to hear
Read in your Bible: 2 Chronicles 16–18.
Asa resists prophetic correction, and Jehoshaphat later joins Ahab in a campaign surrounded by reassuring voices. Micaiah refuses to reshape his message to please the king. The chapters expose the danger of seeking counsel only from people who confirm what we already want.
Truth is not decided by the number of agreeable advisers. Yet claiming to be a lone voice is no proof of being right either; counsel must be tested by Scripture and facts. Humility includes willingness to hear a correction that unsettles a preferred plan.
Invite a thoughtful challenge to a decision you are eager to make. Listen without punishing the person for disagreeing. Compare the counsel carefully rather than accepting either comfort or opposition as automatically trustworthy.
Related reading and source notes.
Read the Bible passage first. These notes identify related Ellen G. White chapters; a related reading is not a claim that she wrote this interpretation. Any direct quotations are marked separately. The explanations and applications are The Earl Project’s own.
1Steps to Christ · Chapter 10—A Knowledge of GodSC, chapter 10
White's chapter on a knowledge of God is thematic related reading on learning through Scripture and attending carefully to truth beyond our preferences.
Read alongside: 2 Chronicles 16–18
Read the original chapter on EGW Writings ↗A question to sit with
Who can disagree with me without losing my goodwill?
Ask a trusted person what risk or weakness they see in a plan you favour.
Let us pray
God of truth, free me from seeking only agreeable answers. Give me humility to hear correction, discernment to test counsel and courage to change a plan when the evidence requires it. Amen.
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An original interpretation from The Earl Project, written from an Adventist understanding of Scripture. It is not an official church publication. Read alongside the beliefs that inform these reflections. Scripture quoted from the King James Version. Ellen G. White sources are cited separately from The Earl Project’s original interpretation.