Day 1: The Suffering God
Reading: Matthew 27:46
Devotional:
When Jesus cried out, “My God, my God, why have You forsaken Me?” He gave voice to a mystery that breaks the boundaries of our understanding the God who suffers. This isn’t just poetic or symbolic. It’s real. Jesus, fully God and fully man, endured abandonment, agony, and the crushing weight of sin. And not for His own sake—but for yours. This single moment exposes a God who doesn’t just understand suffering, but entered into it fully. Today, reflect on what it means to serve a suffering God. How does this shape the way you see your own pain? Could it be that even your suffering can become a deeper connection point to Him?
Reading: Matthew 27:46
Devotional:
When Jesus cried out, “My God, my God, why have You forsaken Me?” He gave voice to a mystery that breaks the boundaries of our understanding the God who suffers. This isn’t just poetic or symbolic. It’s real. Jesus, fully God and fully man, endured abandonment, agony, and the crushing weight of sin. And not for His own sake—but for yours. This single moment exposes a God who doesn’t just understand suffering, but entered into it fully. Today, reflect on what it means to serve a suffering God. How does this shape the way you see your own pain? Could it be that even your suffering can become a deeper connection point to Him?
Day 2: What Happens When You Split God?
Reading: Isaiah 53:3–10
Devotional:
Suffering wasn't a mistake in God’s plan, it was the plan. Isaiah describes the Messiah as “crushed,” “pierced,” and “afflicted.” He didn’t come to earth to avoid suffering, but to embrace it. Pastor Lamb described it as a kind of spiritual nuclear explosion, the splitting of what could not be split, the tearing of the inseparable Trinity. This suffering created the shockwave of your salvation. As you meditate today, consider this: Jesus still bears the scars. He hasn’t "moved on" from the cross. The question is, have you ever really moved toward it? Let this truth work its way into your heart: the God of eternity was torn for you.
Reading: Isaiah 53:3–10
Devotional:
Suffering wasn't a mistake in God’s plan, it was the plan. Isaiah describes the Messiah as “crushed,” “pierced,” and “afflicted.” He didn’t come to earth to avoid suffering, but to embrace it. Pastor Lamb described it as a kind of spiritual nuclear explosion, the splitting of what could not be split, the tearing of the inseparable Trinity. This suffering created the shockwave of your salvation. As you meditate today, consider this: Jesus still bears the scars. He hasn’t "moved on" from the cross. The question is, have you ever really moved toward it? Let this truth work its way into your heart: the God of eternity was torn for you.
Day 3: Reframing Our Suffering
Reading: Philippians 3:10; Romans 8:17
Devotional:
We typically ask, “Where is God in my suffering?” But what if God asked you to see your suffering as a window into His? Paul said he wanted to know Christ including sharing in His sufferings. Why? Because suffering isn’t meant to turn us inward, it’s meant to turn us toward Jesus. Today, ask yourself: have I only seen my pain as a weight, or could it also be a lens through which I begin to grasp the depth of Christ’s sacrifice? Don’t run from your pain. Let it deepen your empathy for the Savior who suffered for you.
Reading: Philippians 3:10; Romans 8:17
Devotional:
We typically ask, “Where is God in my suffering?” But what if God asked you to see your suffering as a window into His? Paul said he wanted to know Christ including sharing in His sufferings. Why? Because suffering isn’t meant to turn us inward, it’s meant to turn us toward Jesus. Today, ask yourself: have I only seen my pain as a weight, or could it also be a lens through which I begin to grasp the depth of Christ’s sacrifice? Don’t run from your pain. Let it deepen your empathy for the Savior who suffered for you.
Day 4: The Explosion of Empathy
Reading: Hebrews 2:10–18
Devotional:
Pastor Lamb called suffering a “controlled explosion” an experience designed not just to destroy but to demolish something precisely. When you suffer rightly, it doesn’t implode your life, it detonates outward in compassion for others. Jesus didn’t let His agony consume Him. He channeled it into redemption. Today, reflect on a past or present pain. Has it made you more inward, or outward? Is there someone you can reach today with the empathy born of your experience? Ask God to help your pain explode outward to be used for someone else's healing.
Reading: Hebrews 2:10–18
Devotional:
Pastor Lamb called suffering a “controlled explosion” an experience designed not just to destroy but to demolish something precisely. When you suffer rightly, it doesn’t implode your life, it detonates outward in compassion for others. Jesus didn’t let His agony consume Him. He channeled it into redemption. Today, reflect on a past or present pain. Has it made you more inward, or outward? Is there someone you can reach today with the empathy born of your experience? Ask God to help your pain explode outward to be used for someone else's healing.
Day 5: The Price and the Power
Reading: Revelation 5:6–9
Devotional:
In eternity, Jesus is still known as the Lamb who was slain. His wounds remain visible. Why? Because they are not a source of shame, they are the proof of His love. Your salvation was not cheap. It was not casual. It cost God everything. Today, let that settle in. Do you take your salvation for granted? Have you shrugged at the cross the way an entitled generation shrugs at sacrifice? You were bought at a price beyond comprehension. The scars remain so we never forget. Live today in response to the weight of what He’s done for you.
Reading: Revelation 5:6–9
Devotional:
In eternity, Jesus is still known as the Lamb who was slain. His wounds remain visible. Why? Because they are not a source of shame, they are the proof of His love. Your salvation was not cheap. It was not casual. It cost God everything. Today, let that settle in. Do you take your salvation for granted? Have you shrugged at the cross the way an entitled generation shrugs at sacrifice? You were bought at a price beyond comprehension. The scars remain so we never forget. Live today in response to the weight of what He’s done for you.