INSIGHT FOR TODAY WITH CHUCK SWINDOLL.
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The Topic of Chuck Swindoll Daily Devotional 7th November 2024 is “The Pain of Resentment “.
Scriptures: Proverbs 26:23, 26
TODAY’S INSIGHT – 7TH NOVEMBER 2024.
LEONARD WAS A PARAGON OF RESPECTABILITY. The middle-aged, hardworking lab technician had worked at the same Pennsylvania paper mill for nineteen years. Having been a Boy Scout leader, an affectionate father, a member of the local fire brigade, and a regular churchgoer, he was admired as a model in his community.
Until Leonard decided to mount a one-man revolt against the world he inwardly resented. He stuffed two pistols into his coat pockets before he drove his station wagon to the mill. Parking quietly, he gripped a gun in each fist, then slowly strolled into the shop. He filled several of his fellow workmen with two and three bullets apiece, firing more than thirty shots in all.
Total bewilderment swept over the neighborhood. Puzzled law enforcement officers and friends finally discovered a tenuous chain of logic behind his brief reign of terror. Down deep within the heart and soul of Leonard rumbled intense resentment. The man who had appeared like a gentle soul on the outside was seething with murderous hatred within.
Beneath his picture in Time magazine, the caption told the truth: “Responsible, respectable—and resentful.”
So it is with resentment. Allowed to fester through neglect, the toxic waters of hatred foam to a boil within the steam room of the soul. Pressure mounts to a maddening magnitude. By then it’s only a matter of time. The damage is always tragic, often irreparable.
None of this is new. Solomon described the problem long ago:
Smooth words may hide a wicked heart, just as a pretty glaze covers a clay pot. . . . While their hatred may be concealed by trickery, their wrongdoing will be exposed in public.
PROVERBS 26:23, 26
The answer to resentment isn’t complicated, but it is exacting. You must first admit it’s there. Then you must confess it before the One who died for such sins. It is often necessary for you to make it right with those you have offended out of resentful bitterness. Finally, it requires vulnerability—a willingness to keep that tendency submissive to God’s regular reproof, and a genuinely teachable, unguarded attitude.
Are you resentful? The first step to resolving it is admitting it.
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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