INSIGHT FOR TODAY WITH CHUCK SWINDOLL.
Chuck Swindoll’s ‘Insight for Today’ Daily Devotional is here. Insight for Today provides practical, relevant insight into today’s issues with Biblical principles applied. This devotional will help you connect with God on a daily basis, while also equipping you with a Bible-based approach to transforming your everyday life. Insight for Today” is a daily devotional written by Chuck Swindoll.
The Topic of Chuck Swindoll Daily Devotional 4th March 2024 is “Blessed”.
Scriptures: Job 42:9–15
TODAY’S INSIGHT – 4TH MARCH 2024.
When Job prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes. In fact, the LORD gave him twice as much as before! Then all his brothers, sisters, and former friends came and feasted with him in his home. And they consoled him and comforted him because of all the trials the Lord had brought against him. And each of them brought him a gift of money and a gold ring. (Job 42:10–11)
Did you read that too quickly? The end of verse 9? Mark it. “The LORD accepted.” And then, “The LORD restored.” End of verse 10, “The LORD increased.” Beginning of verse 12, “The LORD blessed.” Those are words of grace—statements of divine favor. Let them hit with full impact:
Accepted.
Restored.
Increased.
Blessed.
Because of the fallout of our cynical society, you and I are being programmed to rush by words of grace and blessing and to hurry on to words that are negative. They bring us down. Killings in the workplace. Mold in your house. Weather disasters. Fractured families. Forest fires. High rate of divorce. Economic woes. Acts of terrorism. The homeless. Fallen ministers. Broken hearts. Mistreatment of children. Spouse abuse. Chemical dependence. Deadbeat dads. Premature deaths. Fraudulent builders. Rising unemployment. Scandals among CEOs and famous athletes. On and on. That’s what fills the evening news.
We never hear: “Now, tomorrow night we’ll report only good news.” Instead, it’s “Stay tuned if you think that report was bad; in a moment we’ll have a full exposé.”
I mean, even the weatherman predicts “partly cloudy.” He never says, “Mainly sunny tomorrow.” It’s always a 20 percent chance of rain. He never says, “There’s an 80 percent probability of sunshine.” And furthermore, he’s usually wrong (talk about job security). Enough of all that!
Who does God bless? Job! This is great news! You haven’t forgotten that Job cursed the day he was born, have you? Or that he resented the fact he didn’t die when he was placed on his mother’s breast? He was also the one who said, “I am not at ease. I am not quiet.” In other words, “I resent what has happened.” That’s the same Job who is wonderfully blessed at the end of the book. Why? Grace, grace, grace, grace, grace!
About Chuck Swindoll Daily Devotional “Today’s Insight”.
Today’s Insight is written by Chucks Swindoll. Chuck 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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