Dr. Charles Stanley 28 September 2023 In Touch Daily Devotional

Dr. Charles Stanley 28 September 2023 In Touch Daily Devotional

You are welcome to Today’s In Touch Daily Devotional written by Dr Charles Stanley and published by In Touch Ministry. Charles F. Stanley is the founder of In Touch Ministries and a New York Times best-selling author. He demonstrates a keen awareness of people’s needs and provides Christ-centered biblically-based principles for everyday life.

Today’s Topic: Wisdom for Life’s Trials
Instead of feeling hopeless and discouraged by trials, we can choose to walk with God in peace and joy.

Scripture: James 1:5-8

5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

In Touch Daily Devotional – Dr. Charles Stanley 28 September 2023

At first glance, today’s passage on wisdom doesn’t seem related to trials, but James is actually continuing His thoughts from the previous three verses. We need wisdom to know how to respond to suffering. This means we should see trials from God’s viewpoint and understand His purposes in allowing them in our life. If you want to profit from struggles, be sustained in them, and come through with joy, you must believe:

The Lord is in control. Your trial won’t go beyond the boundaries He has set.

He has a specific purpose for your suffering.

This hardship will prove to be profitable if you submit to God and trust Him through it.

Trying situations are opportunities for faith to prove genuine and grow stronger.

When you endure suffering with unexplainable peace and joy, God will demonstrate His sustaining power to others.

The Father uses trials to produce Christlike character.

God will walk with you through all difficulties.

If you believe these principles, they will shape how you respond to painful challenges. This perspective eliminates the negative reactions normally elicited by trials and makes supernatural responses possible. Instead of feeling miserable and hopeless, you’ll experience amazing peace and joy.

Bible in One Year: Zephaniah 1-3, Haggai 1:1-15, Haggai 2:1-23