Daily Devotional - December 20th, 2025

“God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able;” — 1 Corinthians 10:13

“Pressure reveals character, but choice defines it.” — Alma Ohene-Opare

Commentary:

Life often presents conditions we did not choose. Family patterns, economic strain, betrayal, illness, or injustice can weigh heavily on the soul. These realities shape our environment, but they do not own our will. Circumstances may explain why a decision feels hard, but they never remove the responsibility to choose what is right. Moral agency is not suspended by hardship. In fact, it is most clearly revealed there.

We live in a culture eager to trade accountability for explanation. Yet moral law is not adjusted by weather or mood. A compass does not change north because the road is rough. In the same way, truth does not bend because obedience is inconvenient. God honors the dignity of our agency so deeply that He allows us to choose even when it costs us. That freedom is not a burden. It is evidence of divine trust. When we claim our circumstances excuse our behavior, we quietly surrender the very power God gave us to grow.

Jesus never minimized suffering, but He never used it as a justification for sin. He met hunger with restraint, rejection with forgiveness, and injustice with obedience to the Father. The cross itself stands as the ultimate witness that righteousness is not conditional on comfort. Christlike living is choosing obedience even when circumstances argue otherwise.

Scripture:

“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” — 1 Corinthians 10:13

Daily Application:

Choose one response today that reflects principle rather than pressure.