On Advice

Mark Batterson reads the bible through in a different translation every year.
I decided I wanna try that out, and kick it up a notch, so i found myself a nice 90-day bible reading plan and i'm going to tackle my NLT bible with it. The reading plan does 3 different sections each day, so for right now it has me reading chapters in Genesis, Job, and Matthew.

Anyway, i've never actually gone through the entire Bible methodically before. I've done the new testament several times, but there are definitely sections of the OT that i've missed. I'm excited.
This verse in Job made me giggle:
"A wise man wouldn't answer with such empty talk! You are nothing but a windbag."
-Job 15:2, NLT
The book of Job is well known for its exhibition of poor advice.
Those words were spoken by one of Job's friends after Job was pleading with God to show him how he had sinned and deserved to have everything taken from him.
But this man, Eliphaz, wasn't someone that Job should have listened to, and luckily he didn't. His advice was crummy, even though it makes logical sense in the context of the whole chapter.

Its good to have mentors and to seek advice from people wiser than ourselves. But it is incredibly important for us to know who we should be taking advice from in the first place. Without discernment on that front, we can end up more lost and disoriented than if we had never asked for direction in the first place.

nothing but a windbag. Not even a good insult.