Monday, March 16th | Daily Devotion
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“Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in pray” –Romans 12:10-12
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Good morning, and happy Monday. Grace and peace be unto all of you, my Father’s children.
We are just past the midpoint of our 40-day Lenten Fast — and I pray it has been a blessing to you. Each year, when we arrive at this particular week, I find myself in anticipation. God has a way of not only revealing a theme through His Word but confirming it through the testimonies I hear from you and through what He does in my own life as we press in together.
This week, our theme is patience.
And if you have been paying attention, you may have already noticed something. The subjects we study and meditate on during this season have a way of becoming more than words on a page — they become something we are actually living through, day by day. That is not coincidence. That is God.
So let us open this week well. We turn to the book of Romans, the 12th chapter, beginning at the 10th verse.
The back half of Romans 12 is Paul’s blueprint for what true Christianity looks like in practice — not in theory, not in title, but in the texture of daily life. Earlier in the chapter he speaks of our bodies as living sacrifices and of the gifts of grace. But here, he narrows in on the marks by which we are to be identified as followers of Christ — especially in seasons when patience is tested.
Three things stand out. First: rejoice in hope. That is a remarkable instruction. To get genuinely excited about something that has not yet arrived. To carry a posture of celebration not because the promise has been fulfilled, but because you trust the One who made it. Second: be patient in tribulation. Do not let what is happening around you shake the rejoicing that hope produced in you. Hold it. Third: be constant in prayer. When patience wears thin, prayer is the response. Not frustration. Not frantic striving. Prayer.
These three work together. Hope fuels rejoicing. Tribulation tests it. Prayer sustains it.
So on this Monday, let us choose patience. Let us remain constant in prayer. And let that patience shape a disposition in us — one that allows us to genuinely rejoice, knowing that whatever we are waiting on, whatever feels delayed or distant, not only will it come — it will be worth the wait.
God bless you. I pray this encouraged you, and I will see you again tomorrow.