Advent In October - Dr. Mark Gignilliat

When crisis comes into your life, who do you turn to? Who do you trust?

The question that God puts before His people again and again is, "Are you going to trust Me?" Where you going to put your hope and your trust when hardship comes?

Psalm 4:35 says, "Some trust in horses, some trust in chariots, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God."

What does this mean? It's very easy for us to talk about trust in the abstract. Trust God. Put your confidence in God. But when crisis comes, whether it's small or big, our first instinct is usually to try to fix it on our own—in other words, "What can I do to fix this on my own?"

That's the crisis that emerges here in chapters 7-9 of the book of Isaiah. >>Watch on YouTube

Dr. Mark Gignilliat is professor of divinity at Beeson Divinity School, where he teaches courses in Old Testament and Hebrew. Mark also serves as theologian in residence at St. Peter's Anglican Church in Birmingham. Dr. Gignilliat is married to Naomi, and they have four children.