Thursday, February 26, 2026

Today's Lenten Devotional - Thursday, February 26, 2026

 

Thursday – February 26

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17–21

“If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation.”

Reconciliation is not sentimental.  It is costly.  It requires transformation.

Paul reminds us that God has entrusted this ministry to us.  Not to the powerful alone.  Not to clergy only.  To all of us.

We are agents of a new creation.

This begins personally—allowing Christ to reshape our grudges, our assumptions, our defensiveness.  But it does not end there.  It extends outward—into families, churches, neighborhoods, civic life.

Reconciliation does not erase truth.  It insists on it.  But truth is spoken for healing, not humiliation.

Imagine a church known less for what it opposes and more for how it reconciles.

New creation is already unfolding.  Lent helps us participate rather than resist.

Reflection Questions:

  1. Where do I resist becoming new?
  2. Who needs to hear reconciliation from me?
  3. How can I embody healing without avoiding truth?

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