DCLM Sincere Milk 22 March 2026 — Thank God When It Pains
DCLM Sincere Milk 22 March 2026 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Thank God When It Pains
Topic: Thank God When It Pains
Text: Psalm 119:62-64
62At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
63I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
64The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
Key Verse: “At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.” Psalm 119:62
Message
Dorothy’s mom knelt down by the bed of her sick daughter weeping and praying. Dorothy heard when the mom prayed saying, “Lord, I thank you for all the pains, Dorothy has been going through; please have mercy and heal her now.” Dorothy wondered, “how can my mom be thanking God for my pains: does mummy really know what I have been passing through?” Midnight is the moment between the close of the present day and the beginning of a new day. Midnight is considered to be the time when the night is darkest and most fearful.
Also Read: DCLM Sincere Milk 21 March 2025 – Good for Evil
Figuratively, midnight stands for the time of problem, difficulties, pain, trouble, disappointment, failure and fear in people’s lives. Yet, good things can happen at midnight too. It was at midnight that God smote all the firstborn of the Egyptians and set the children of Israel free from slavery. Paul and Silas, when they were in prison, began to sing at midnight. God did a miracle of deliverance and salvation that midnight.
The psalmist, in our Bible passage, chooses to rise at midnight and give thanks to God. God expects us to give thanks to Him even in the most difficult times of our lives; a time we really feel the pain of sickness and the stab of loneliness and sorrow. At your midnight- your moment of pain and sorrow- do not just sit down and cry; stand up and sing and thank God. He will come and save you and help you.
Further Reading: Psalm 40:16-17
Prayer for today: Lord, teach me to be thankful to You even when I am going through pain and disappointment.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
