06/11/2026
**NOTHING SPECIAL?
Many years ago, when I was serving as Campus Pastor in Brazil, we travelled with our Campus Ministry music group to a youth gathering in a neighbouring state that took place over a weekend. We had to cover more than 600 miles round trip.
On the way there, the road was clear and traffic was light. But the return trip was a different story. Traffic was heavy, with cars and trucks filling the lanes.
Then, toward the end of the trip… nothing special happened. Everything went well, and we arrived home safely.
"Alright, Pastor—what is so special about that?"
Well, nothing. And yet, everything.
If there had been an accident, and I had survived to share this devotion today, that would certainly be a reason to thank the Lord, right? But isn’t the fact that we travelled more than seven hours, over 500 miles, without even a flat tire, also a reason to give thanks for our Father’s care over seven travellers in two cars?
Oddly enough, we often seem more ready to give thanks when something bad happens and we are delivered from it than for all the good God quietly does in our daily lives. Sometimes—many times—our busy routines get in the way, and we do not even notice His work around us.
Still, our Lord Jesus is loving and patient.
His presence and care are like signs along the road, keeping us safe. Some call us to repentance when we go the wrong way. Others encourage and strengthen us, reminding us that safety, help, forgiveness, and love are ours—freely given.
But they are not without cost. Christ Himself paid the price by dying in our place, so that we may avoid the wrong road—death and eternal condemnation—and arrive safely in His house.
Nothing special? Hardly.
It is always something special to live under God’s presence and protection, through faith, as we make our one-way journey in this world.
(Pastor Lucas André Albrecht)
