Day 247 · September 4

A devotional for today

Today’s readings

Ecclesiastes turns toward sober wisdom. Hard days can teach what easy days cannot, yet human wisdom still has limits. God alone sees the whole.

Paul rejoices that godly sorrow led the Corinthians to repentance. Real repentance does not merely feel bad; it turns back toward God.

Jerusalem celebrates God's protection and invites the next generation to remember His faithfulness.

Wisdom must move from the ear into the heart so that our trust rests in the LORD.

Jesus does not call us to shallow regret. His grace makes honest repentance possible because the cross has already dealt with our guilt.

Is there something I am sorry about but have not truly turned away from?

What is the difference between regret and repentance?

Jesus, give me a tender heart that receives correction and quickly returns to You. Amen.

Make one concrete change where God has been correcting you.