Biweekly Devotional 2-5-2026

Published by Pastor Harry Zuraski in Biweekly Devotional · Thursday 05 Feb 2026 · 1:45
Tags: Biweekly, Devotional

𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝟑:𝟏𝟐 - 𝟏𝟒 (𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞)

𝐈’𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞. 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠: 𝐁𝐲 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐲𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝—𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬. 𝐈’𝐦 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈’𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.

I find the words of Paul here so encouraging. Far too often we in our pursuit of perfection we feel like failures. And with that comes a sense of despair and even hopelessness. We can never be perfect as humans. So, what is the point of even trying? This is the evil of this world working to separate us from God’s love and the good that we can all do. Evil does not win when we fail. Evil wins when we give up.

If we were meant to be perfect, then there would be no reason for grace. Time and time again in scripture we are told that it is by grace not works that we are saved. But that there is a joy and peace that we receive in those moments when we live as Christ called us to. And as we grow in our faith and understanding of God’s will In our lives, we achieve a calm assurance in knowing that we are God’s children.

So do not let your imperfection drag you down. Celebrate your success. Recognize your shortcomings. Work towards the progress of becoming more Christ-like. Accepting God’s grace for you in all that you do.