Today's Insight with Chuck Swindoll

The church needs to hear the testimony of former fools more often—in waters of baptism, in adult fellowship classes, even on occasion in Sunday worship gatherings. A proclamation is in order when fools repent and are restored.

Fools make all kinds of promises, but they don’t follow through. There’s wasted time; there’s a loss of priorities; there’s a careless lifestyle; there’s a lack of discipline toward unfinished tasks. Even though there are so many things to take care of, irresponsibility and verbosity abound.

In the rat race called living on the ragged edge, it is easy to be seduced. Listen to God, even if His counsel is painful. Even if you find few people who agree with you, if God says it, do it. Not until you do will you find relief and recovery. Only then can you truly come to terms with reality.

We don’t have to live under guilt! We don’t have to worry each morning about whether or not God is going to club us into eternity! We don’t have to live in fear, wondering if we’re in the family or not in the family. We’re there. And we’re approved. Isn’t that great news?

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