Daily Devotion with Pastor Balla for August 20, 2026

In this Daily Devotion for August 20, 2026, Pastor David Balla walks through Psalm 78:16-18, where God's people, freshly given water from solid rock, turn right around and test Him again, demanding the food they craved. More evidence did not create more trust. The problem was never a lack of proof. It was a heart unwilling to believe.This devotion names that same pattern in every one of us, hearts that slip into demanding rather than trusting, even with far more evidence than water from a rock, the whole record of Jesus, His life, death, and resurrection. But Jesus did not repeat this failure. Tested by the devil in His own wilderness, He trusted His Father completely, succeeding exactly where this generation failed. There we find true grace, forgiveness, and salvation, His perfect trust offered to us as a gift covering our own unbelief. Through His redemption we are welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven, and in the Lord's Supper He strengthens that trust again, giving His true body and blood for the forgiveness of sins.Where your heart slips into demanding instead of believing, rest instead in what He has already given, freely, in Christ.Subscribe for weekly sermons and Daily Devotions.If this devotion has blessed you, consider supporting this ministry: https://buymeacoffee.com/whitegandalphYou can also give directly at https://buymeacoffee.com/whitegandalphHashtags (5)#DailyDevotion #Lutheran #LCMS #BibleStudy #Christianity