OUR DAILY BREAD WEDNESDAY 12TH FEBRUARY 2025 ODB MESSAGE
Our Daily Bread Wednesday 12th February 2025 TOPIC: Our Plans and God’s Plans
BIBLE IN YEAR: Leviticus 13; Matthew 26:26-50
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KEY VERSE: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. – Isaiah 55:8
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
Isaiah 55:8-12
TODAY’S INSIGHT
The book of Isaiah is the first of the five books referred to as the Major Prophets, so named because of their length, not their importance. The other Major Prophets are Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel. Isaiah is the sixth longest book of the Bible, and two other prophetical books—Jeremiah and Ezekiel—are even longer. Isaiah contains many prophecies related to divine judgment and many others about the coming Messiah.
J. A. Martin in The Bible Knowledge Commentary points out: “Isaiah had a lofty view of God. The Lord is seen as the Initiator of events in history. He is apart from and greater than His Creation; yet He is involved in the affairs of that Creation. Whether in his dealings with sin or his promise of redemption, Isaiah portrays God’s greatness as above all that he has created.”
Our Daily Bread Wednesday 12th February 2025 – ODB MESSAGE
Many years ago, my husband decided to take a trip to Africa with a group of people from his church. At the last minute, the group was prevented from going on its journey. Everyone was disappointed, but the money they’d collected for airfare, lodging, and food was donated to the people they’d tried to visit. The people used it to construct a building that would shelter victims of abuse.
Recently, at a prayer breakfast, my husband met someone who lived in the village he’d almost traveled to so many years ago. This person was a teacher who said he walked by the building every day. He confirmed that God had used it to provide for the most vulnerable people in the area.
Our plans and desires don’t always match what God has in mind. For His “thoughts are not [our] thoughts, neither are [our] ways [His] ways” (Isaiah 55:8). God’s ways aren’t just different from ours; His ways are “higher” and better because what He does is consistent with who He is (v. 9). This truth gives us hope when our efforts to serve Him don’t turn out the way we’d planned.
It might be years before we’re able to look back and trace God’s influence through certain situations. For now, though, as we continue to reach out to the world in His name, we can remember that God is always powerfully at work (v. 11).
REFLECT: When have you felt disappointed with an experience? How might God use this to teach you something about Himself?
PRAY: Dear God, You’re the all-knowing one. When I don’t understand what’s happening, please help me to trust You.
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