Welcome to the in touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Tuesday, November 28.

Today we explore the vital skill of biblical meditation and learn how to incorporate a daily practice of reflecting on the truths found in

scripture. When we find ourselves going through difficulties and trials and troubles in

life, usually if we're looking for some word of comfort, where do we turn, we turn to the Psalms.

Why do we turn to the Psalms?

Because it's very evident that David went through difficulty hardship and trial in his life in such a fashion,

that he discovered some things about God,

some things that was so overwhelming as he wrote them down.

Now, all these thousands of years later, we read what he wrote them down now all these thousands of years later we read what he

wrote and we get the most comforting reassuring feelings. Why? Because this man

knew how to listen to the father, he knew how to meditate upon God, and while he was

out there as a shepherd boy and even later on in his life, he's still meditating, still sitting

before the Lord, still listening to God.

And so often people say to me,

well, what's the most important thing you can do to grow in your Christian life?

And usually they want some big-time answer,

and it's real simple because you see I really believe

with all of my heart that what really determines how God uses us the degree to

which he uses us is not talent, though that's important, not spiritual

gifts though they're all important, not charismatic personality, though that may appear to be

important to some people. The real bottom line is there

intimate personal relationship with him. Here's what that does. That puts everybody

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