It’s easy to follow Jesus… until it isn’t.

Faithfulness is easy when life feels like sunny and 75.

But Jesus Christ was jailed. Mocked. Beaten. Spit on. Crucified.

And He told us plainly in John 16:33, “In this world you will have trouble.”

Trouble is not a detour. It’s part of the road.

What shakes me is this:
Even when Jesus cried, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” — He did not abandon obedience. He stayed on the cross. He stayed faithful.

Let me ask you something that confronts me:

If everyone around you walked away from Christ… would you still stand? If faithfulness meant ridicule?
If it meant isolation?
If it meant loss?

That’s heavy.

But don’t miss this — in verse 39, the Roman centurion standing in front of the cross said, “Truly this man was the Son of God.”

Jesus’ faithful suffering opened the eyes of a hardened soldier.

Someone was watching.

Someone always is.

Your faithfulness in difficulty may be the very thing God uses to open someone’s eyes.

So today — whether it’s sunny and 75 or dark and punishing — pray for sustaining grace.

Stand firm.

The world is watching.

Will they see Christ in you?

Choose to follow Him all day today.

#devotional #christian #Mark15