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Wonderful Counselor
by Judy Hitson

Isaiah 28:29 Amplified Bible This also comes from the LORD of hosts, Who has made His counsel wonderful and His wisdom great.

A heartfelt experience with the Lord as Wonderful Counselor was when my husband was diagnosed with colon-rectal cancer after a biopsy following a colonoscopy. The doctor referred him to see a surgeon who said it was a no brainer with this aggressive form of cancer to recommend radical surgery with a permanent colostomy followed by chemotherapy. My husband said he preferred to seek an alternative form of treatment and refused surgery. The surgeon said he could not help him with that decision.

 We heard of healing testimonies of people who chose the route of alternative medicine and were encouraged after seeing the video testimonies at our first appointment. Another encouragement was seeing the border of Scriptures surrounding the room, one of which the Lord kept bringing to my mind. I didn’t understand it until this doctor explained his perspective of this verse, Matt. 11:12 NKJV And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. He said the application of this verse was to go on a Raw Diet, get on a regimen of detox supplements and take by force God’s way of healing rather than surgery and toxic medications.

The battles with fear and uncertainty subsided as God spoke His word to us day by day. Many brothers and sisters in Christ supported us in prayer of which we are eternally grateful. Following a year on a raw diet and the detox supplements, my husband was found to be cancer free on his follow up biopsy and examination. Praise God for His Wonderful Counsel and sparing my husband from submitting to radical cancer surgery with a poor prognosis.

As I write, it’s been 17 years since that experience and I encourage others to seek the Lord’s counsel for their lives and follow His advice.

Two other verses I recall that were helpful and today I find meaningful in the Amplified version:

Ps. 32:8 AMP I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you [who are willing to learn] with My eye upon you.

Isaiah 40:31 AMP But those who wait for the LORD [who expect, look for, and hope in Him]
Will gain new strength and renew their power;
They will lift up their wings [and rise up close to God] like eagles [rising toward the sun];
They will run and not become weary,
They will walk and not grow tired.   

Prayer: Praise and thanksgiving to You Lord as Wonderful Counselor. Amen.