OUR DAILY BREAD DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY
Our Daily Bread for today 4th January 2026, is here. Give us this day our daily bread (Matthew 6:11).
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The Topic of Our Daily Bread For 4th January 2026 is “God’s Beautiful Creation”
Bible in a Year: Genesis 10:1-12:20, Matthew 4:1-25
Memory Verse: Luke 12:27 esv
Consider the lilies . . . .
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ODB MESSAGE FOR TODAY
For a parent, the death of a child is devastating. But to lose two of your children? Unimaginable! Yet that’s the experience of Australian musician, writer, and actor Nick Cave. In 2015, his fifteen-year-old son fell from a cliff and died.
A few years later, Cave’s oldest child also died. In the grip of such overwhelming grief, how did Cave and his wife keep going? How would you?
Cave attempted to find comfort in the world around him. “It’s the audacity of the world to continue to be beautiful . . . in times of deep suffering. That’s how I saw the world,” he said. “It was just carrying on, being systemically gorgeous.”
Jesus spoke of such beauty, and He saw it for what it truly is: the creation of God. His oft-quoted words in Luke 12—“consider the lilies” (v. 27 esv)—don’t dismiss the reality of suffering in our lives.
In fact, they honor our great tragedies by offering an antidote to such harsh realities. Stop and consider the lilies or the ravens (v. 24) or the sunrise. Christ taught us, “If that is how God clothes the grass of the field . . . how much more will he clothe you” (v. 28).
In the face of grief and loss, the world’s perspective falls short. Jesus encourages us to consider our creator God, who holds His audacious creation together and cares for us deeply.
Reflect & Pray
When was the last time you stopped and considered the world around you? What did you notice?
God of all comfort, in seasons of suffering please give me the presence of mind to consider Your beautiful world.
Our Daily Bread 2025 Devotional is written by John Blase and published by Our Daily Bread Ministries. Read more
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