Charles Stanley Daily Devotional 12 March 2026 (In Touch) Friday Message
Charles Stanley Daily Devotional TOPIC: The Purification of Our Faith
Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 11:32-40
Most of us would love to have the heroic faith of the saints mentioned in Hebrews 11—it’s exciting to read about the great victories and accomplishments of those who relied upon the Lord. But the descriptions in verses 36-38, well, those are another matter, if we’re being honest. Enduring the process God uses to develop this kind of trust is less attractive.
Picture the Lord as a master sculptor standing before a block of marble. That slab is you. Envisioning the hidden work of art within the rock, He lovingly and carefully chips away at everything that does not fit the masterpiece He’s creating.
One of the first areas the Lord deals with is your character. His goal is to shape you into the image of His Son. And His chisel lays bare roots of sin and selfishness.
When anything or anyone becomes more important to us than the Lord, we have an idol in our life. To protect us, God sometimes uses adversity to strip away everything we have relied upon so that we will cling only to Him.
The chisel hurts—it sometimes feels as if God is taking away everything we hold dear. But if we trust Him and yield to His shaping tool of adversity, our faith will be purified and strengthened through challenging times (James 1:2-4).
Bible in One Year: Judges 1-3
Thought for Today: Like a master sculptor, God carefully chisels away anything in us that doesn’t reflect His character.
Dr. Charles F. Stanley was the founder of In Touch Ministries and a New York Times best-selling author. Throughout his ministry, he demonstrated a keen awareness of people’s needs and provided Christ-centered biblically based principles for everyday life.