God's Counsel in Your Time of Need

In Murray's devotional, on day 15, I learned that believers often fail to get God's counsel in their time of need. I feel that this happens at both extremes.  When we come out of a dark place and stand on the mountain top, God's counsel is not considered. Why? Because life is good.  Or, when we are in the dark place we do not seek God's counsel? Why? Because we only want deliverance not feedback.

We all know where to find the whole counsel of God - the Bible. But, it seems to me that whether in good or bad the Bible is not considered.  We stand and celebrate deliverance, then go forth in ignorance, or we cry out in darkness for deliverance, but only open the Bible to where it brings comfort; never to where it is pointed.

Look to the whole counsel of God in your times of trouble and in your times of joy.

-Mark