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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 17 Th September 2023 Is “God Speaks . . . We Respond “.
Scriptures: 1 Samuel 16:14–23
One of the servants said to Saul, “One of Jesse’s sons from Bethlehem is a talented harp player. Not only that—he is a brave warrior, a man of war, and has good judgment. He is also a fine-looking young man, and the LORD is with him.”
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, “Send me your son David, the shepherd.”
Jesse responded by sending David to Saul, along with a young goat, a donkey loaded with bread, and a wineskin full of wine.
So David went to Saul and began serving him. Saul loved David very much, and David became his armor bearer. (1 Samuel 16:18–21)
TODAY’S INSIGHT – 17TH SEPTEMBER 2023.
Three timeless lessons ring through my head as I look at these significant scenes in David’s life.
First, God’s solutions are often strange and simple, so be open. We try to make God complex and complicated. He isn’t. Amid all the complications with Saul and the throne, God simply said to Samuel, “Go where I tell you to go. I’ve got a simple answer. A new man. You just follow Me, and I’ll show you.” Don’t make the carrying out of God’s will complicated. It isn’t. Stay open to His strange yet simple solutions.
Second, God’s promotions are usually sudden and surprising, so be ready. At the time you least expect it, it’ll come. Just like His Son’s return from heaven. Suddenly and surprisingly He will split the clouds and be with us. Just when we expect Him the least He’ll be there, like a thief in the night. And that’s the way His promotions are. He watches you as you faithfully carry out your tasks, and He says to you, “I know what I’m doing. In a sudden and surprising moment, you be ready. I know where you are, and I know how to find you. You just stay ready as you carry out your job.”
Finally, God’s selections are always sovereign and sure, so be sensitive. That applies to choosing a mate as well as losing a mate. It applies to our being moved from one place to another, even though we thought we’d remain there ten more years. It also applies to those God appoints to fill the shoes of another. How easy to second-guess God’s selections! How necessary, when tempted to do that, to remind ourselves that His selections are sovereign and sure.
God is looking at your town, your city, your neighborhood, and He’s looking for His people to whom He can say, “You are Mine. I want to use you there because you proved yourself faithful there.” The only difference is our geography. Our calling is to be faithful in the demanding tasks, whether that is our education, our marriage, our occupation, or just the daily grind of life. That’s the kind of men and women God wants to use.
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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