Week 9 | Day 4 – A GRAFTED CHURCH – Romans 11:11-24

Paul lifts the curtain on a “mystery”: Israel’s present stumbling is neither final nor futile. In God’s wise mercy, their unbelief opened a door for the nations, so that Gentiles might be grafted into the one cultivated olive tree—the covenant people of God. The warning is clear: don’t boast in your branch. You stand only by grace through faith. And the hope is bright: the same God who grafted in “wild” branches is able to graft natural branches in again. For a season, the church bears the mantle of witness to the world—so that everyone, everywhere may hear and believe. Our posture, then, is humble gratitude and urgent mission, not arrogance or indifference.

APPLICATION

1 - Choose to Live as a Humble, Fruitful Branch
 
Start each day thanking God that you “stand by faith,” not merit (Rom. 11:20).
Refuse Comparison or Contempt

2 - Be kind and gracious toward unbelieving neighbors—remembering that you “do not support the root, but the root supports you.”

3 - Bear Witness Where You Are

Pray by name for one Jewish friend and one Gentile friend; serve them tangibly; be ready to share the hope within you. Trust that the same grace that grafted you in can awaken faith in them.

4 - Never Take for Granted the Grace of God
 
Get up every morning and thank God for His amazing love and grace for you and for others. Then ask God to help you to live today with eyes to see and ears to hear where He is at work in and through your life.
 
PRAYER

Lord Jesus, thank You for the mercy that found me and grafted me into Your family by grace through faith. Guard my heart from pride; let gratitude, not boasting, mark my life. Fill me with love for all people—Jew and Gentile—and make me a faithful branch that bears fruit in word and deed. Use me today to point someone to Your cross and resurrection. Until the fullness of the nations has come in and Israel is awakened, keep me watchful, prayerful, and obedient. Amen.

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