March 9, 2022 – Our Daily Bread Devotional || ODB for Wednesday By Mike Wittmer (Our Daily Bread Ministries)
Our Daily Bread 9 March 2022 || ODB Devotional for Today
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TOPIC:All Creatures Great and Small
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: Psalm 36:5–10
KEY VERSE: You, Lord, preserve both people and animals. – Psalm 36:6
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Deuteronomy 8–10; Mark 11:19–33
Our Daily Bread 9 March 2022 INSIGHT: Psalm 36 is found in Book One of the Psalms (Psalms 1–41), which, along with Book Two (Psalms 42–72), features the majority of David’s biblical psalms. Many of his songs in this portion of the Psalter are laments, cries for God’s mercy and help in the dark and difficult seasons of life. In Psalm 36, however, the poem’s tone is very different.
Here, David saw those who were living apart from God as individuals marked by an absence of the fear of God (vv. 1–4), and their example prompted David to pray for God’s continued lovingkindness to him and those who sought to live in right relationship with Him (vv. 5–10). The singer then concludes with a plea to God to protect him from the dangers of his own pride and the influence of those who’d turned from Him (vv. 11–12).
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March 9, 2022 – Our Daily Bread || ODB Devotional MESSAGE
Michelle Grant trained a baby beaver named Timber to return to the wild. When she took him for swims in a pond, he’d come back to her kayak to snuggle and rub noses. One morning Timber didn’t return. Michelle scoured the pond for six hours before giving up. Weeks later she found a beaver skull. Assuming it was Timber, she began to cry.
My soul ached for Michelle and Timber. I told myself, “Snap out of it. He’s just a large, aquatic rodent.” But the truth is, I cared—and so does God. His love reaches high to the heavens and down to the smallest creature, part of the creation He calls us to steward well (Genesis 1:28). He preserves “both people and animals” (Psalm 36:6), providing “food for the cattle and for the young ravens” (147:9).
One day Michelle was kayaking in a neighbor’s pond and—surprise—there was Timber! He’d found a beaver family and was helping them raise two kits. He surfaced beside Michelle’s kayak. She smiled, “You look well. You have a beautiful family.” He cooed, splashed his tail, and swam to his new mom.
I love happy endings, especially my own! Jesus promised that as His Father feeds the birds, so He will supply whatever we need (Matthew 6:25–26). Not one sparrow falls “to the ground outside your Father’s care. . . . So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows” (10:29–31).
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March 9, 2022 – Our Daily Bread Devotional || ODB for Wednesday
REFLECT: What care do you need to give to your heavenly Father? What need of others might He want you to meet?
PRAY: Father, I lift up my cares and worries to You.
March 9, 2022 – Our Daily Bread Devotional For 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
