Brave Your Storm - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2026

Bible in a Year: Genesis 41-42, Matthew 12:1-23

[Fix your] eyes on Jesus, . . . so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Hebrews 12:2-3

Today's Scripture & Insight: Hebrews 12:1-3,

It was the evening of April 3, 1968, and a fierce thunderstorm was lashing through Memphis, Tennessee. Weary and
feeling ill, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. hadn't intended to give his planned speech in support of the
striking sanitation workers at a church hall. But he was surprised by an urgent phone call saying a large crowd had
braved the weather to hear him. So he went to the hall and spoke for forty minutes, delivering what some say was his
greatest speech, "I've Been to the Mountaintop."

The next day, King was killed by an assassin's bullet, but his speech still inspires oppressed people with the hope
of "the promised land." Likewise, early followers of Jesus were uplifted by a stirring message. The book of Hebrews,
written to encourage Jewish believers facing threats for their faith in Christ, offers firm spiritual encouragement
to not lose hope. As it urges, "strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees" (12:12). As Jews, they would recognize
that appeal as originally coming from the prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 35:3).

But now, as Christ's disciples, we're called to "run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes
on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith" (Hebrews 12:1-2). When we do so, we "will not grow weary and lose
heart" (v. 3).

Certainly, squalls and storms await us in this life. But in Jesus, we outlast life's tempests by standing in Him.


By: Patricia Raybon

Reflect & Pray
How do you respond to life's spiritual storms? As you look to Jesus and His promises, how does He encourage you?

Jesus, You calm every spiritual storm. When tempests rage, speak peace to my soul as I put my hope in You.