January 13, 2022 | Our Daily Bread Today Devotional for Thursday | Message By Winn Collier (Our Daily Bread Ministries)
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TOPIC: A Ludicrous Investment
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 32:6–15
KEY VERSE: I knew that this was the word of the Lord; so I bought the field. – Jeremiah 32:8–9
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Genesis 31–32; Matthew 9:18–38
OUR DAILY BREAD TODAY DEVOTIONAL INSIGHT
One of the main features in the book of Jeremiah is that the prophet primarily records the message God is giving directly to His people. This was the main role of a prophet, for prophets stood before the people to represent God and His purposes to the nation. In Jeremiah’s writings, this is clearly evidenced in that the phrase “thus saith the Lord” (kjv) appears no fewer than 147 times in this book! That’s 147 of the 431 times that phrase appears in the entire Old Testament. Clearly, Jeremiah was committed to communicating God’s message to His people.
January 13, 2022 | Our Daily Bread Today Devotional for Thursday MESSAGE
In 1929, as the US economy crashed, millions of people lost everything. But not Floyd Odlum. As everyone else panicked and sold their stocks at cut-rate prices, Odlum appeared to foolishly jump in and purchase stocks just as the nation’s future disintegrated. But Odlum’s “foolish” perspective paid off, yielding robust investments that endured for decades.
God told Jeremiah to make what seemed like an absolutely ludicrous investment: “Buy [the] field at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin” (Jeremiah 32:8). This was no time to be buying fields, however. The entire country was on the verge of being ransacked. “The army of the king of Babylon was . . . besieging Jerusalem” (v. 2), and whatever field Jeremiah purchased would soon be Babylon’s. What fool makes an investment when everything would soon be lost?
Well, the person who’s listening to God—the One who intended a future no one else could envision. “This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields and vineyards will again be bought in this land” (v. 15). God saw more than the ruin. God promised to bring redemption, healing, and restoration. A ludicrous investment in a relationship or service for God isn’t foolish—it’s the wisest possible move when God leads us to make it (and it’s essential that we prayerfully seek to know He’s behind the instruction). A “foolish” investment in others as God leads makes all the sense in the world.
JANUARY 13 – 2022 OUR DAILY BREAD DEVOTIONAL REFLECT & PRAY
Where do you sense God asking you to make a ludicrous investment in someone or something? How will this step require you to trust God in ways that appear foolish?
God, it’s a good thing You see the future because sometimes all I see is ruin and disaster. Show me where to go, where to give my life.
January 13, 2022 | Our Daily Bread Today Devotional for Thursday | ODB 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.
