OUR DAILY BREAD DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY
Our Daily Bread for today, 5th March 2026, is here. Give us this day our daily bread (Matthew 6:11).
The word of God is food to the spirit man. “Eat and digest” the word of the Lord for today and let its unchanging power nurture your faith and help in your daily walk to Christ.
The Topic of Our Daily Bread For 5th March 2026 is “Strength from Struggle”
Bible in a Year: Numbers 34-36; Mark 9:30-50
Memory Verse: Romans 5:3-4
We know that suffering produces perseverance; . . . and character, hope.
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ODB MESSAGE FOR TODAY
Jess was getting on in years when he first heard the children’s folktale about the boy and the butterfly. Right away, he understood the story’s lesson on gaining strength from struggle. In the tale, a boy is given a butterfly cocoon but told not to open it. But as the cocoon slowly twists and shudders in his hand, the boy can’t resist using scissors to split it open so the butterfly inside can escape.
Freed from the struggle, however, the butterfly falls to the ground and dies without ever flying. “What happened?” the boy cries. Jess, after a long life, understood instantly. “The boy prevented the butterfly from using the muscles needed to grow strong and fly.”
The children’s lesson may be a fable, but it affirms the bracing biblical truth taught by Paul to persecuted believers in Jesus in Rome: “We also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope” (Romans 5:3-4).
Paul wasn’t saying to celebrate pain or deny its heartbreak. He confirmed instead that God will use life’s troubles to build our character, growing our hope in Him.
It’s in His strength that God develops our trust in His overcoming power. The butterfly was cheated from growing stronger to fly. But in Christ, we can rejoice as struggles lift us with character to God our deliverer.
Reflect & Pray
What’s your attitude regarding struggle? How has struggle grown your trust in God?
As I face life’s struggles, dear Jesus, I thank You for building my character and trust in You.
Our Daily Bread 2026 Devotional is written by Patricia Raybon and published by Our Daily Bread Ministries. Read more
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