Biweekly Devotional 1-6-2026

Published by Pastor Harry in Biweekly Devotional · Tuesday 06 Jan 2026 · 2:00
Tags: Biweekly, Devotional

𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝟑:𝟏 – 𝟔

𝟑 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝟐 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠, “𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫.” 𝟑 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐚𝐡:

“𝐀 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬,

‘𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝,

𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦.’”

𝟒 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧’𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐥’𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐭. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲. 𝟓 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐧. 𝟔 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫,

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬. 𝐒𝐨, 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭.

John the Baptist is quite a character. To many of his time it was thought that possibly he was the messiah but as we know he was just announcing the Messiah’s coming. But one thing is for sure, the people knew that there was something different about John. The people went to him and after hearing him they knew that they had not been living in a way that would be pleasing to God. And that through John’s message they were committed to live better.

I want us all today to consider in what ways you are falling short in your service to your loving God. Meditate on them and then in prayer ask God through the Holy Spirit to guide you on a path towards righteousness. We all need to be honest with ourselves. Celebrating those times when we get it right. But just as important, recognizing when we fall short. Only by acknowledging both can we work our way towards our personal sanctification by God’s grace and love. Remembering all along that God’s grace is all we need to be carried through.