Through The Bible in a Year - January 21, 2026

"Behold, I am making all things new." – Revelation 21:5

Think of the hard news we hear. Twenty-one deaths from a polar vortex. Twenty-three from tornadoes. Six hundred thousand from civil war. Forty active conflicts worldwide. Babies die. Diagnoses startle us. Lives get upended in a moment that is totally unexpected.

How do we rejoice in a world this broken?

The answer is in the structure of Scripture itself: This brokenness, this hurt, this mess, is not the final chapter.

Yes, Genesis 3 tells us everything went bad. Our whole nature is fallen—physically, emotionally, relationally, spiritually. We face pain in childbirth, pain in relationships, pain in work, pain in the wars we face, pain in living. Creation and creature are both broken.

But Genesis 3:15 also tells us God has a plan, right from the start. Between everything going bad and everything being made perfect at the end of all time, God is unfolding His message of redemption. He's pursuing His plan. He's pursuing His people.

God is not content to leave us in the mess. He's been working, since the fall, to show us His grace is greater than our sin. And one day, He will make everything perfect—which is even better than good.

So when disaster strikes, when suffering overwhelms, when the brokenness of this world threatens to crush your joy—remember that this is a fallen world, but it’s also a world being redeemed. This is a broken world, but not a forgotten one. This is not the final chapter.

Respond: What broken situation in your life or in the world feels overwhelming today? Bring it to God and ask Him to help you see it through the lens of Scripture: fallen, yes—but it is being redeemed and it will be restored.

Prayer: Father, this world is so broken, and sometimes my heart breaks with it. Thank You that You haven't abandoned us in the mess. Thank You that You're working out Your plan of redemption, that Jesus has crushed Satan's head, and that one day You will make all things new. Until then, give me hope to endure and joy to rejoice even in this fallen world, because Jesus will have the victory. So, I pray in Jesus' name, amen.