Thursday: It Is Well—Even When It's Not

Reading: Habakkuk 3:17–19; 2 Kings 4:18–26 (ESV)

Habakkuk 3:17–1917 Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines,the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food,the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls,18 yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.19 GOD, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer's; he makes me tread on my high places.

2 Kings 4:18–2618 When the child had grown, he went out one day to his father among the reapers.19 And he said to his father, “Oh, my head, my head!” The father said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”20 And when he had lifted him and brought him to his mother, the child sat on her lap till noon, and then he died.21 And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God and shut the door behind him and went out.22 Then she called to her husband and said, “Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may quickly go to the man of God and come back again.”23 And he said, “Why will you go to him today? It is neither new moon nor Sabbath.” She said, “All is well.”24 Then she saddled the donkey, and she said to her servant, “Urge the animal on; do not slacken the pace for me unless I tell you.”25 So she set out and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her coming, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Look, there is the Shunammite.26 Run at once to meet her and say to her, ‘Is all well with you? Is all well with your husband? Is all well with the child?’” And she answered, “All is well.”

Devotional: "It is well" were the Shunammite woman's words as her son lay dead. These weren't words of denial but of deep trust. She had seen God work before and believed He could work again. Life brings devastating moments when circumstances scream the opposite of "well." Yet faith declares wellness not because of present circumstances, but because of God's unchanging character. Horatio Spafford penned "It Is Well With My Soul" after losing his four daughters, choosing worship over despair. This isn't toxic positivity; it's anchoring your soul to eternal truth when temporal storms rage. Your declaration of "it is well" doesn't ignore pain—it transcends it. In your hardest moment today, can you say "it is well" because you trust the One who holds tomorrow?

Song of the Day: Shane & Shane - It Is Well