Welcome to the In Touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Monday, April 28th.

At times, God leads us down paths that are dark and stormy.

Yet through the discipline of difficulty, he calls us to navigate these challenges towards spiritual growth.

Our series helps to holiness continues.

Now, I don't know what your difficulty may be this morning,

and it may take on one of many facets. It may be sickness in your life. It may be some financial

setback. It may be a problem in your home. It may be a problem in your business. It may be some

frustration about your future, your vocation. Or it may be that you feel like your back is to the wall,

you're being beaten down in the corner, you don't know which way to turn, you don't understand what's happening,

and you're complaining and moaning and groaning, and you see our first response is we want to blame somebody for all of our difficulty.

Now you think for just a moment, When things don't go right with you,

is it not your first response to look around to see what or who is to blame for what's happening

in our life? When it may not be anything out there, the problem may be within. You see, the difficulty

that comes from God, from Satan, or from self.

If it is from God, it is to deepen us, discipline us, and to denote in us some point of weakness that needs to be worked on.

So that we should not view difficulty, as always from Satan, what have I done wrong?

You see, so often the believer's first response is, my mouth, what in the world, have I done wrong? You see, so often the believer's first response is,

my mouth, what in the world have I done wrong?

It may be that you've done nothing wrong.

It may be that God is zeroing in on a particular area of your life.

You say, why doesn't he just tell me?

I'll tell you why he doesn't just tell you.

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