OUR DAILY BREAD DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY
Our Daily Bread for today 3rd August 2026 is here. Give us this day our daily bread (Matthew 6:11).
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The Topic of Our Daily Bread For 3rd August 2026 is “Waiting for God”
Bible in a Year: Psalms 63-65, Romans 6
Memory Verse: Lamentations 3:24
The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.
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ODB MESSAGE FOR TODAY
Kazuto and his wife, Migiwa, waited with trepidation for the ultrasound exam results. Migiwa’s liver had been failing for more than nine months, and she urgently needed a liver transplant. Kazuto could donate a portion of his liver to his wife, but there was one condition: Migiwa’s heart had to be strong. The last ultrasound had shown slight improvement to her heart. Would it show more this time?
To their disappointment, the results were the worst yet. Kazuto shared, “After I comforted my crying wife, I also cried by myself. But . . . as Henri Nouwen writes, waiting isn’t a waste of time because God is nurturing something wonderful . . . while we wait, even though we can’t see anything on the surface.”
Kazuto’s confidence in God paralleled that of King David, who wrote, “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord” (Psalm 27:14). Because God is our “light,” “salvation,” and “stronghold” (v. 1), we can trust Him to offer hope amid darkness (v. 3), comfort us during our trials (v. 13), and secure us safely in “his dwelling” (v. 5).
When God seems to delay in answering our prayers, we can still put our complete trust in His unchanging attributes. As we bring our heartaches to Him, let’s also instruct our hearts: “Be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord” (v. 14). He is with us and always working for our good.
Reflect & Pray
What are you waiting for from God? Which of His attributes can you cling to as you wait?
Loving Father, please help me to be strong as I wait for You.
Our Daily Bread 2026 Devotional is written by Winn Collier and published by Our Daily Bread Ministries. Read more
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