Strength Through Adaptability – Apostles’ Fast – Day 13

Reading: Acts 15:36-41 & Acts 16:1-5

Focus Verse: “So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.” — Acts 16:5 (NKJV)

Meditation

Saint Paul circumcised Timothy not to contradict the Church’s decree—but to advance the Gospel. True wisdom bends in love without breaking in truth. When our goal is salvation, the Church is strengthened.

Early Church Fathers’ Saying

“Mark the success: he circumcised, that he might take away circumcision… In all things he looked to what was profitable: he did nothing upon his own preference.”
— St. John Chrysostom, Homilies on Acts 16

Practical Practice

When you face a conflict, don’t cling to being “right.” Choose what builds peace, opens hearts, and honors Christ. Like Paul, yield in small things to win souls in great things.