In Touch Daily Devotional 5th April 2023 By Dr. Charles Stanley, Wednesday Inspirational Message
TOPIC: What Mercy Looks Like
In Touch Daily Devotional 5th April 2023 SCRIPTURE: Lamentations 3:22-26
The LORD’S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail.
They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.
“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I have hope in Him.”
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, To the person who seeks Him.
It is good that he waits silently For the salvation of the LORD.
DR. CHARLES STANLEY DAILY DEVOTIONAL MESSAGE
We often think of God’s goodness in terms of tangible blessings, but we shouldn’t feel we’re loved only when our circumstances are positive. In fact, His goodness is often richest in our darkest hour (Isaiah 43:1-2).
One way God expresses goodness is through His mercy. Throughout the Gospels, we see the Lord filled with compassion and ministering to people who are suffering. Consider the demon-possessed man Jesus met in the country of the Gerasenes—he was broken in both mind and body, wandering naked among tombs (Luke 8:26-39). The people there had bound him with chains and shackles, keeping him under guard, not for his well-being but for their own. As far as we know, nobody had tried to ease his suffering.
But that’s precisely what Jesus did. Not only did He cast out the demons; He also clothed the man and spoke with him. We might think the miraculous healing was more than enough, but Jesus wasn’t finished until He returned the man to full humanity by taking care of his physical needs and welcoming him back into the community. That’s what God’s goodness looks like—love without limit (Ephesians 2:4-7).
BIBLE IN A YEAR: 2 Samuel 4-6
REFLECTION: Our compassionate Savior is always with us in our suffering.
In Touch Daily Devotional 5TH April 2023. Charles Stanley is the senior pastor of First Baptist Church Atlanta and founder of In Touch Ministries, both located in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Stanley’s heart’s desire is to get the gospel to “as many people as possible, as quickly as possible, as clearly as possible, as irresistibly as possible, through the power of the Holy Spirit to the glory of God.
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