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August 6, 2022 – Our Daily Bread Devotional || Relinquishing Control to God

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August 6, 2022 – Our Daily Bread Devotional
August 6, 2022 – Our Daily Bread Devotional || ODB Today Message For Saturday

August 6, 2022 – Our Daily Bread Devotional || ODB Today

READ SATURDAY ODB DEVOTIONAL, OUR DAILY BREAD 6TH AUGUST 2022 WRITTEN BY KAREN PIMPO (OUR DAILY BREAD MINISTRIES)

TOPIC: Relinquishing Control to God

KEY VERSE: I the Lord bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. – Ezekiel 17:24

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 17:19–24

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Psalms 70–71; Romans 8:22–39

August 6, 2022 – Our Daily Bread Devotional INSIGHT

The powerful Babylonians had been attacking Judah and besieging Jerusalem (605–597 bc). They’d already sent the royalty, aristocrats, and Jewish upper classes into exile (2 Kings 24:10–16; Daniel 1:1–5), including the prophet Ezekiel, who was a priest (Ezekiel 1:1–3). From Babylon (593 bc), Ezekiel ministered to the Jews already in exile (3:11) and to those still residing in Judah (12:10).

He pleaded with his countrymen to repent and turn to God and warned them that if they continued in their sinfulness, Jerusalem would be destroyed and the nation exiled. The Jews remained unrepentant, however, and only pretended to be interested in following God (33:31–32). Within seven years (586 bc), Jerusalem was burned to the ground and the entire nation exiled (2 Kings 24:18–25:21) as prophesied by Ezekiel (Ezekiel 12:10–16).

READ: August 5, 2022 – Our Daily Bread Devotional | We Need Jesus’ Help

August 6, 2022 – Our Daily Bread Devotional MESSAGE

Picture a mighty oak tree that’s small enough to fit on a kitchen table. That’s what a bonsai looks like—a beautiful ornamental tree that’s a miniature version of what you find wild in nature. There’s no genetic difference between a bonsai and its full-size counterpart. It’s simply that a shallow pot, pruning, and root trimming restrict growth, so the plant remains small.

While bonsai trees make for wonderful decorative plants, they also illustrate the power of control. It’s true that we can manipulate their growth as the trees respond to their environment, but God is ultimately the One who makes things grow.

God spoke to the prophet Ezekiel this way: “I the Lord bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall” (Ezekiel 17:24). God was foreshadowing future events when he would “uproot” the nation of Israel by allowing the Babylonians to invade. In the future, however, God would plant a new tree in Israel that would bear fruit, with “birds of every kind” finding shelter in the shade of its branches (v. 23). God said that no matter how much upcoming events seemed out of control, He was still in charge.

The world tells us to try to control our circumstances by manipulation and through our own hard work. But true peace and thriving are found by relinquishing control to the only One who can make the trees grow.

August 6, 2022 – Our Daily Bread Devotional | ODB Today

REFLECT: How are you tempted to try to control your life? How does trusting in God’s control bring peace?

PRAY: We praise You, loving God, as the all-powerful King. Help me acknowledge Your lordship in my life.

Our Daily Bread Devotional 6th August 2022 || ODB Today Message . Our Daily Bread Ministries (ODB) is a Christian organization founded by Dr. Martin De Haan in 1938. It is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with over 600 employees. It produces several devotional publications, including Our Daily Bread. our daily bread booklet.

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