This morning’s reading from Abide Above draws us into the liberating truth of Galatians 2:19—we died to the law so we might live to God. While many believers know that the law cannot impart life, far too many still seek to let it govern their walk. But Scripture insists that we are no longer under law, having been crucified with Christ. We’ve been raised to live in a new way—through the indwelling Christ who is full of grace and truth.

Today’s reflection from Witness Lee brings our attention to a subtle but very real temptation in the Christian life—turning our trust in God into a test of God. The devotional highlights the moment when Jesus was tempted to throw Himself from the temple wing in order to compel a miraculous display of divine rescue. Satan’s suggestion wasn't just bold; it cloaked itself in spiritual language and even Scripture. But Jesus didn’t bite. Instead, He reminded Satan—and us—of a foundational truth: You shall not test the Lord your God.

E. Stanley Jones points us to a reality often lost in denominational dialogue: the unity God desires is not founded on forms, doctrines, or offices—it is founded solely on Christ Himself. In a world cluttered with well-meaning but man-made attempts at church unity, Jones clarifies that God's plan was never to gather us around practices or polity, but around a Person.

Today’s devotional compiled by Nick Harrison gently exposes one of the deepest sources of unrest in a believer’s heart: the continual striving to find something good in ourselves that God can accept. T. Austin-Sparks explains that peace of conscience and rest of heart are not found by searching inwardly but by abandoning hope in the old man altogether. There is no good thing in our flesh. The enemy loves to keep us busy trying to uncover some hidden virtue—something salvageable in our fallen nature—but this is a trap that leads only to spiritual exhaustion and condemnation.

Today’s entry from T. Austin-Sparks is a beautiful reminder that the glory of Christ is not a future hope we strain toward—it’s a present reality that breaks into the deepest darkness with blazing light. Jesus isn’t merely a teacher who points to the light; He is the Light. His presence doesn't just bring knowledge—it brings transformation.

In today’s passage, Paul stands before King Agrippa, not as a pleading prisoner, but as a man filled with something the king could never purchase—freedom of spirit and joy unspeakable. With boldness and compassion, Paul lays the truth before Agrippa: the prophets have spoken, Christ has fulfilled, and the invitation is extended.

Today’s devotional from Bob Hoekstra draws a clear distinction between hearing the promises of God and actually living by them. Not everyone who hears the truth walks in the freedom it offers—because the promises of God are activated through faith. Faith isn’t a one-time doorway into the Christian life; it’s the hallway, the living room, the kitchen, and every step in between. Paul reminds us that the gospel is the power of God unto salvation for everyone who believes, and in it, the righteousness of God is revealed—from faith to faith.

God rarely rushes to reveal His purpose in our lives. He crafts vessels in hiddenness, often shaping the soul through mundane routines and unnoticed faithfulness. Today’s devotional from A.B. Simpson invites us to consider that our present trials, obscure as they may seem, are not wasted. They are preparatory. The Lord is forming a soul that can bear the weight of His eternal purposes.

Spiritual understanding doesn’t come through effortful reasoning or theological expertise—it comes by yielding to the Spirit’s promptings. Today, Oswald Chambers reminds us that Jesus doesn’t veil His truth in obscurity; it becomes veiled when we choose not to obey. The teachings of Christ are not hidden from us because we’re unintelligent but because we’re unwilling. The issue isn’t mental darkness—it’s the resistance of the heart.

Today’s reflection from Miles Stanford invites us to see suffering not as a barrier to God’s blessing, but as the very means by which He bestows it. Instead of seeking immediate relief from discomfort, we are reminded that God's purposes are often hidden in affliction. His refining hand doesn’t waste pain—it shapes, prunes, and produces fruit that could not have grown any other way.

When Satan came to tempt Jesus in the wilderness, his strategy wasn’t just to bait Jesus into sin but to lure Him into abandoning His place as a man. The devil challenged Him, “If You are the Son of God…” But Jesus did not answer from the lofty heights of divinity—He replied as a man, using the Word of God as His defense. “Man shall not live by bread alone,” He said, affirming that He stood where Adam fell—not as God, but as a man fully dependent on God.

Today’s reflection from His Victorious Indwelling draws from the sobering moment in Exodus 12:29–30 when the Lord passed through Egypt and struck down every firstborn not covered by the blood. Yet in every Israelite household where the blood of the lamb marked the doorpost, peace reigned. That peace didn’t depend on feelings or emotions—it rested entirely on the reliability of God’s promise: When I see the blood, I will pass over you.

E. Stanley Jones points us to a radiant truth: the will of God is not some cryptic decree to be decoded—it is a Person. Jesus Christ is the mystery of God’s will made visible, tangible, and knowable. He is not a philosophical puzzle or a distant ideal, but a living demonstration of God’s heart. Jesus is God’s will embodied in human life—loving, healing, correcting, forgiving, and ultimately, laying Himself down.

T. Austin-Sparks invites us to gaze through a spiritual window—not into a vague abstraction, but into the living person of Jesus Christ. What we see is not only the mind of God revealed, but the fullness of His provision embodied in Christ. God has not merely shown us the standard; He has given us the fullness to meet it. Every divine resource for living the life He desires for us is already made available in Christ. The provision is not partial, seasonal, or conditional—it is complete, abiding, and eternal.

Paul’s testimony before King Agrippa wasn’t just a defense—it was a declaration of divine rescue and transformation. On the road to Damascus, Paul was confronted by Jesus Christ, and that moment rewrote his story. But it wasn’t just about Paul. In those words from Jesus, we hear the diagnosis and cure for every human soul: people are spiritually blind, stumbling in darkness, captives to the twisted lies of the enemy.

Today’s devotional from Bob Hoekstra closes with a word of immense comfort—God’s faithfulness is not just a trait we admire, but a promise we live by. When Paul writes, “He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it,” he is anchoring our sanctification not in our performance, but in the unwavering nature of God. The path toward being set apart, blameless, and fruitful isn’t one we travel in our own strength—it’s the unfolding work of the faithful One who called us.

Some parts of our walk with Christ bring us to a crossroad where He doesn’t ask for improvement—He asks for surrender. Today’s devotional from A.B. Simpson brings us face to face with that pivotal moment: when God touches the one area we cherish most, not to harm us, but to reveal what still holds us back from seeing Him more clearly.

In today’s devotional, Oswald Chambers draws a sharp distinction between the illusion of innocence and the reality of purity. Many of us mistakenly believe we are pure simply because we’ve not yet acted out the darker thoughts hidden in the recesses of our hearts. We equate external decency with inward righteousness. But Jesus, who sees past our behavior into the very marrow of our being, declares that evil originates from within, from the heart itself.

Today’s devotional by Miles Stanford invites us to consider the importance of reading Scripture through the lens of our identity in Christ. It warns that when we pull Old Testament experiences—especially from the Psalms—into our current walk with Christ without rightly dividing the Word, we risk misapplying them and sliding back into a spirit of legalism. The Psalms are deeply precious, filled with prophetic insight and heartfelt worship, but they reflect a relationship with God prior to the finished work of Christ. They come from an earthly atmosphere—whereas we are now seated with Christ in the heavenly realms.

Today’s devotional by Witness Lee reflects on the moment when Jesus, already conceived and born of the Holy Spirit, received the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove at His baptism. Although Jesus had the Spirit within from conception—having been divinely constituted and inwardly filled—He also received the outward anointing of the Holy Spirit to begin His public ministry. This distinction between internal constitution and outward commissioning is significant, and it reminds us of how Jesus fulfilled Isaiah’s prophecy by being anointed to bring good news to the afflicted and liberty to the captives.