Do you need to have a problem to seek Christian counseling?
Goals and plans surround our lives. Sometimes we don’t necessarily feel comfortable with sharing what those goals and plans are with friends or family. That’s where Christian counseling becomes a great avenue toward receiving biblical feedback over our goals and strategies. Christian counselors can put things into perspective through a faith-based lens. The word of God in the book of Proverbs is the book of wisdom. It’s no coincidence that it mentions verses that combine the words wisdom and counselors, or counsel and success, in the same line verse such as the following.
Proverbs 11:14, “Where there is no guidance the people fall, but in abundance of counselors there is victory.”
Proverbs 15:22, “Without consultation, plans are frustrated, but with many counselors they succeed.”
Proverbs 24:6, “For by wise guidance you will wage war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.
Counseling should not only be sought out in the presence of difficult circumstances. Counsel is always necessary because it helps guide us in the right direction with regards to different areas in our lives. Counseling helps us see beyond what our eyes can see. There is wisdom in seeking counsel, and in this case, Christian counseling.
Never allow yourself to go through life in isolation. When one isolates themselves, they may experience loneliness and low self-esteem. This will harm a person’s mental state or mental health resulting in anxiety, depression, or other emotional concerns.
Most of our mental health-related issues are spiritually related, and the way to deal with spiritual problems is with spiritual solutions. Mental health illness is related to the issues that we face in our minds. And according to God’s word we must renew our minds and never conform.
On the other hand, many indeed suffer from clinical illnesses and mood imbalance as a direct result of brain function. Medicine is available to help with physical ailments. The brain is part of our physical body. Therefore, the physical does physically require medical attention.
However, one must never medicate a spiritual problem. Deal with the spiritual reality head-on understanding that the ultimate solution is found in a relationship with Jesus.
Licensed professionals such as Christian counselors and therapists can indeed see both spiritual emotional conflict and are equipped with behavioral pattern recognition that we cannot detect and may fly under the radar of others who are not educating in this arena of mental health.
Overall our mental health must always be monitored, and fortunately through Christian counseling we can detect the areas in which we are experiencing spiritual decline. Indeed the word of God is wise counsel, but God’s designated wise counsel must accompany us as we live this life. In this case, the wise counsel we speak of is Christian counselors.
The benefits of biblical counseling and Christian counseling are the following.
- It will help you achieve spiritual fulfillment
- An in-depth focus on spiritual development
- It will help you grow in your relationship with God and with others
- Will provide advice based on biblical beliefs and principles
- It involves more than the pursuit of happiness but rather wholeness and purpose in Jesus Christ
- Will help you learn to forgive and adopt it as a lifestyle.
- You’ll learn about unconditional love and how that applies to others
- Will teach about empathy and the importance of selflessness
- You’ll learn what love is through the eyes of faith in Jesus
- It will connect you to worship and prayer
- You will have ongoing prayer support
- You’ll have God-centered conversations that lead to knowing God
In a nutshell, the importance of Christian counseling is detrimental to your mental health. Biblical counseling doesn’t view you as only a physical being with physical needs the way secular therapy views its patients. Christian counseling sees your humanity as social, psychological and spiritual needs. All of which are grounded in need of God as the source of life, truth, and healing.
Wisdom grows when we seek for wisdom in the wise.
Consider beginning your search for a Christian counselor, whether it’s in your area or through an online Christian counseling service. For in your mind and your heart you possess layers of known and unknown turmoil. Pain that needs your attention and the attention of a wise professional to help you reach more profound healing and meaning.
Proverbs 20:5 “The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out.”
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