INSIGHT FOR TODAY WITH CHUCK SWINDOLL.
Chuck Swindoll’s ‘Insight for Today’ Daily Devotional is here. “Insight for Today” is a daily devotional written by Chuck Swindoll
The Topic of Chuck Swindoll Daily Devotional 17th February 2022 is ” Seek God’s Truth”.
TODAY’S INSIGHT – 17TH FEBRUARY 2022.
Psalms 42 and 43 capture for us David’s situation of inner despair and disturbance. The source of his turmoil didn’t go away after his visit to the headwaters of the Jordan River (42:6). When he returned to Jerusalem, he found his troubles waiting for him. According to Psalm 43:1-2, David suffered another personal attack. People problems were upon him, and we all know how devastating they can be! After pleading for God to intervene, David prayed:
O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me;
Let them bring me to Your holy hill
And to Your dwelling places.
Then I will go to the altar of God,
To God my exceeding joy;
And upon the lyre I shall praise You, O God, my God. (43:3–4)
Turmoil often results from having too much misinformation and not enough reliable, essential truth. Moreover, in the absence of adequate information, we fill in the gaps with what we dread most. The result is a distorted picture of the problem—a pessimistic perspective, riddled with our worst fears. In response to his turmoil, David asks for God’s light and God’s truth. He wanted the Lord to provide His Word (truth) and to grant him an understanding of it (light). Perhaps he sought for a specific statement from Scripture that would be fitting and appropriate for his situation, and equally important, he sought for insight into it. He needed clarity in the midst of confusion—truth to answer fiction—so he looked for wisdom in the Scriptures.
RHAPSODY OF REALITIES FOR THURSDAY 17TH FEBRUARY 2022
Eventually, this would bring joy and praise. When the truth of God’s Word neutralized the depressing messages of his circumstances, he says yet again:
Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God. (43:5)
All believers in Jesus Christ must ultimately come to the place where we are going to trust God’s Word completely before we can experience consistent victory. His Book is our single source of tangible truth. We try every other crutch: we lean on self, on others, on feelings, on bank accounts, on good works, on logic and reason, on human perspective. Still, the churning continues, inner turmoil continues to grind.
God has given His written Word and the promise of His light to all His children; when will we learn to believe it, and live in it, and use it, and cling to its promises?
About Chuck Swindoll Daily Devotional “Today’s Insight”.
Today’s Insight is written by Charles R. Swindoll. Charles R. Swindoll has devoted his life to the accurate, practical teaching and application of God’s Word and His grace. Since 1988 he has served as the founder and senior pastor-teacher of Stonebriar Community Church in Texas, but his listening audience extends far beyond a local church body. The radio broadcast of this devotional program has aired for more than 35 years. Read more.
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