Biweekly Devotional 1-13-2026

Published by Pastor Harry in Biweekly Devotional · Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 · 2:00
Tags: Biweekly, Devotional

𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝟒:𝟏 – 𝟒 (𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧)⁣

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦? 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧? 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭.⁣

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭, 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭? 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨. 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧, 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐲.⁣

𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐝. 𝐈𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐲.

As I read this modern version of scripture it really illustrates the world that we currently inhabit. One where it is more important to win an argument than it is to be right. That no matter what my way is the right and only way. And it is not only acceptable but celebrated when we can hurt our opponents in the process of winning.

Too often we exchange God’s will with our own. And even using selected scripture to justify our chosen position. With this thinking would (Jesus) have been the earthly king the people of Israel were looking for. But Jesus, on the contrary, was a suffering servant to all. Teaching how we should live and love each other by example while giving each the free will to choose.

When we pray, are we asking that God’s will be done or are we asking God to make us right. Maybe sometimes God’s choice to tell us no is a better answer. Those of us that are parents know that at times we need to tell our children no for their own good. Even when in doing so we cause them heartache. We must remember that God knows what is best and when we pray accept God’s answer in faith and love.