A message from Blessed are the Meek, Daily Devotion Study

Welcome to the season of Lent 2026! This is our 40-day season of preparation (plus
Sundays!) before we celebrate Jesus’ victory over sin and death in the resurrection.
Just as Jesus was tested in the wilderness for 40 days and Israel was formed in the
“wilderness school” for 40 years, we beneit from seasons of formation, such as Lent.
Our theme, “Blessed are the Meek,” was chosen before I began working for the
Society of St. Andrew as the new Director of Church Relations. Still, I’m so grateful
for it and for the work of my predecessor, Chesley Vohden, in recruiting this year’s
writers. Meek is not the first word we typically use to describe Jesus or anyone who has made an “impact” in our world. And few in the United States aspire to meekness. In
our culture, we prefer to distinguish ourselves through public success, if at all possible.
Yet the scriptures routinely raise up small, lowly, poor, meek, and humble persons as
testimony against institutions, societies, and leaders who use power against them.
“Blessed are the meek” comes from the Beatitudes in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount,
where he delivers a series of blessings clarifying his primary audience: the poor spirits,
the grieving, the meek, the hungry, the merciful, the pure in heart, the peacemakers,
the persecuted, and the rejected. By joining this party of the forgotten, we can hear
Jesus’ message afresh. There is something we gain from being in the “back seat,” if
only we are willing to risk it.
The term Lent comes from the “lengthening” of our days in the Northern Hemisphere
during this time of year. So as the days grow longer during Lent, grab your Bible (or
pull it up on your phone) and join the Society of St. Andrew and partners across the
country in Lenten devotions that champion the little folks and those who take up
their concerns. Blessed are the Meek.

Pastor Jennifer Davis Sensenig
Director of Church Relations

 2026 Lenten Devotional

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