Devotion of Monday, May 12, 2025

“Moreover, pray that when you flee, it will not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath.  For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will again” (Matthew 24:20-21).

Tribulation is what any person goes through during calamity.  Many, perhaps most, go through tribulations.  Tribulation is a fire that can refine or shatter personal faith.  If faith is not placed in the Lord, it needs to be renewed.  If your faith is in the Lord above all things, it will be firm.  Pray that you are kept from tribulation, but do not think the Lord is punishing anyone because it does come.  Tribulations are caused by wicked people in this world.

Lord, clear my mind to humbly and simply see things as they are.  Our minds are cloudy in this day and age and we do not see clearly.  Help me to trust in Your provision.  If it be Thy will, keep me from tribulation, but if it comes, prepare me to hold fast to the faith You have given me.  Through all things, help me to continue to study Your word, pray, and seek to live the life You have given me.

Guide me ever deeper into the faith You have given me Lord.  Guide me so that I walk humbly following where You are leading me.  No matter the circumstances, help me to live the life which You have given me, knowing that in You alone is all hope.  Teach me the things I need to know and help me to be a bold witness proclaiming that You alone are the One who saves no matter the circumstances in which we find ourselves.  Amen.