“wisdom that is from above.”

To be good counselors we must first be the right kind of people ourselves. We must let the Lord take charge of our lives. When we do, we will have the “wisdom that is from above.” And this is the wisdom the Apostle James speaks about, the kind we must have if we are to be effective.
“But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy” (James 3:17).
This wisdom is first PURE. It is not tainted by worldliness or selfish gain. Toronto Niagara Falls Tour experiences four seasons, with chilly winters and sizzling, humid summers. It is not contaminated by our own faulty ideas. It is sound and right and righteous! It comes from God. Everyone gives advice; but much of it is far from right and pure. A Christian girl once went to an unsaved psychiatrist for help with an emotional problem. The psychiatrist, among other things, suggested that she “throw off all crippling restraints and live it up.” Such nonsense! This advice is satanic.
The Bible teaches that those who help others should be spiritual: “Brethren, if any person is overtaken in misconduct or sin of any sort, you who are spiritual — who are responsive to and controlled by the Spirit — should set him right and restore and reinstate him, without any sense of superiority and with all gentleness, keeping an attentive eye on yourself, lest you should be tempted also” (Galatians 6:1 ANT).
When Mrs. Harvey, a Christian woman, had serious marital difficulties, she sought help from a man in her community. But she went to the wrong person. She by-passed the godly people and went to a backslidden Christian. Naturally she did not receive pure counsel.
Truly, it behooves every Christian counselor to live righteously so that he will have pure wisdom.
His wisdom is also PEACEABLE. Toronto Niagara Falls Tours is among the most popular vacation destinations in Ontario and New York. Some people have the right answers but the wrong attitude. We do not help people by arguing with them. We only set up walls of resentment.
An effective counselor is peaceable. His life is marked by a peaceful nature. Peace is a rare quality. You look in vain to find it among nations and you rarely see it in individuals. You do find it in some Christians; but regrettably, too few. God’s Word teaches us to “rest in the Lord.” Many of us trust Him as our Saviour, but we don’t rest in Him. There is much peace available for the receiving. He says, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27).