The thing forgiveness does when it's done its work

There’s a question I asked at the start of today’s devotional, and I haven’t quite been able to let it go.

Think of someone who changed your life. Maybe a teacher who believed in you before you believed in yourself. A friend who sat with you through a really dark night. Someone who showed you - quietly, without making a fuss - what it looks like to keep going when everything feels impossible.

Now here’s the harder question: did you ever find yourself doing the same thing for someone else?

That’s what I mean when I say forgiveness keeps moving. When it’s truly done its work in us, it doesn’t settle and stay still. It finds someone else.

Today we looked at 1 Peter 5:1-2 - and what struck me all over again is the way Peter opens it. Not as the chief apostle. Not with authority or rank. He says: as a fellow elder. As someone in it with you. As a man who received something extraordinary on a beach at sunrise, and spent the rest of his life quietly passing it on.

The practical step for today is beautifully small. Think of someone in your world who needs to be noticed - not fixed, not lectured, just noticed. Send them a voice note. Make them a cup of tea. Say: I’ve been thinking about you.

That’s feeding a sheep. It doesn’t have to be grand. It just has to be willing.

You can watch the full 5-minute devotional here:

See you tomorrow.

Rob

Read this week’s devotionals here - https://open.substack.com/pub/battledrilldevotional/p/have-you-ever-felt-like-youve-blown?r=643q6o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true