Today Bible verse is – 1 Peter 5:10
“And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.”
Devotion for May 8, 2025
There’s a kind of pain that doesn’t show on the outside. It doesn’t bleed or bruise—but it breaks you just the same. You pray, but the silence stretches long. You believe, but your strength is thin. Maybe that’s where you are today.
Peter knew something about suffering. He wrote this to believers who were being crushed under persecution, scattered by fear, and tempted to believe that maybe—just maybe—God had forgotten them. But here, in one sentence, Peter hands us a lifeline: “the God of all grace… will himself restore you.”
Notice the promise: after you have suffered a little while. It won’t last forever. Your season of suffering has a boundary, a divine limit drawn by the hand of a God who sees. And on the other side of that “little while” stands the God of all grace—not some grace, not occasional grace, but all-encompassing, never-running-dry grace. The kind that meets you where you are, holds you through the fire, and doesn’t let go.
And He doesn’t delegate the healing. He Himself will restore you. Not an angel. Not just time. God Himself steps into your story, into your mess, and begins the holy work of rebuilding. He restores what life shattered. He confirms what doubt tried to shake. He strengthens what sorrow weakened. And He establishes you—roots you deep in a love that cannot be moved.
So if today feels heavy, if the ache won’t quit, remember this: suffering is not the end of your story. Restoration is. The same Jesus who walked out of the grave walks with you now—and He finishes what He starts.
Hold on. Healing is already on its way.
Prayer for May 8, 2025
God of all grace, I come to You tired and worn, but holding on. I don’t understand all that I’m walking through, but I trust that You do. Restore what’s been broken in me. Confirm my faith where it’s been shaken. Strengthen my heart for the days ahead, and establish me in Your love that never fails. I believe You are near—even now. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
