PONDER THIS

When giving counsel, your job is not to solve problems. If you do that, people will become dependent on you. Ultimately, your job is to bring them to God—not to answer the why but to point to the who. In difficult times, God will give you this kind of wisdom if you’ll pray and ask. It is a mark of growth when we stop asking why and start remembering who.

One time, Joyce and I were on the beach in Hawaii. And I saw the most magnificent waves. I said, “Joyce, these are the biggest waves I think I’ve ever seen. I’m going to go out and do some body surfing.” So, I went out and waited for my wave. I started paddling to get on the front end, and that wave picked me up, shook me, body-slammed me to the bottom of the beach, and I just lay there. After a little while I was able to get up and when I turned around, there was a sign I’d not seen. It said, “No body surfing allowed; spinal injury may occur.” I walked right past that sign and never saw it or read it. But I learned something that day—you can’t trust a wave. And God won’t trust a Christian who’s like a wave of the sea. No, with a rock-like faith, you ask God for wisdom, and God will give it.

• When was a time you asked God for wisdom? What happened?
• When has doubt been damaging to your faith? How did you respond?

PRACTICE THIS

Take a matter you are wrestling with to God in prayer, asking for His wisdom.

Learning to Endure | Part 2

James 1:2-6

In this message, Adrian Rogers explains the importance of learning to endure, as well as five extraordinary things we can learn from the trials we face.

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Don’t Be Surprised by Gospel Rejection

Don’t expect everyone to accept the Gospel. They are not going to. That does not mean the Gospel has failed.

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