When you come to Him with your problems, He can guide and direct you aright. Furthermore, He was Himself tempted in all points as we are tempted, yet He was without sin. He can be touched, therefore, with the feelings of our infirmities and is qualified as no other to be our Coun sellor. There are certain things about our lives we would not even want to share with friends. Someone has said that a friend is one who knows all about you, yet loves you just the same. How true this is of the Lord Jesus Christ! As a Wonderful Counsellor, He knows all about us, and yet the Bible says that He has loved us with an ever lasting love. Lonely is the man who walks this earth without a counsel lor, a wife, a friend, a loved one with whom He can share all the problems of daily life. Maybe you feel that this is the reason for the emptiness in your existence which you may be experiencing. The Lord Jesus Christ wants to be your Coun sellor and to guide and direct you daily through His loving, infinite wisdom and grace. In Him, the Bible says of the Lord, “are hidden all of the treasures of wisdom and knowl edge.”
I heard one time about a psychia trist who was sent to a certain in stitution on assignment. He was a rather odd fellow, and when he got ready to leave, one of the patients paid him this dubious compliment: “You know, we like you more than any of the other doctors we have had here.” The psychiatrist at first was pleased, until he asked the reason. The mental patient replied, “We like you so well because you seem like one of us.” This illustrates the fact that, on this earth, at best human coun sellors are far from perfect. We are in.an-age of jangled nerves, frazzled feelings, tattered tempers, and in turmoil; we can be calmed only by tranquilizers and drugs. What a com mentary on our so-called advanced society! Think of all the counselling services which are available. You can get advice for your business, for your home, for your garden, for your va cation, and certainly for your domes tic difficulties. I heard of a woman who was telling all of her troubles to her milkman. He had had five wives and it occurred to her that he must be a man of vast experience! At best, human counsellors are far from perfect, for they may have a certain amount of knowledge, but none is possessed with all wisdom. That is why- one of the names of our wonderful Lord is Counsellor. He who is all wisdom wants us to come to Him with all of our prob lems; He wants us to burden Him with what burdens us. He is our all knowing God and Saviour. He, and He alone, can see the end even from the beginning. One of the things a psychiatrist will ask of you is that you tell him everything about yourself. His abili ty to help you in your difficulty is by virtue of the fact that you have bared your soul, as it were, and have let him see the innermost workings of your heart and your emotional con cerns. In the case of the Lord, He already knows everything about you.
Mr. Paul Schwepker (right), treasurerand vice presi dent of Biota, chats with Mr. Al Sanders (center), vice presidentof Public Relations, and Mr. Bill Ehtnann, director of Publicity and Promotion.
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