OUR DAILY BREAD DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY
Our Daily Bread for today 17th June 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 17th June 2026 is “With Friends Like These . . .”
Bible in a Year: Nehemiah 7-9, Acts 3
Memory Verse: Job 12:13
To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.
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ODB MESSAGE FOR TODAY
“I know you better than you know yourself!” As a young man, I heard that confident declaration from a friend. Her intentions were good, but my complicated life as an adopted missionary kid had been shaped across four continents and cultures. She didn’t really know me.
Zophar, a friend of Job’s, sounded wise in his assessment of Job’s difficulties. “Can you fathom the mysteries of God?” Zophar asked him (Job 11:7). “They are higher than the heavens above” (v. 8). Who can argue with that? But then Zophar dared speak of something he couldn’t know: Job’s heart. Without evidence, he proclaimed, “If you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent, then . . . you will stand firm and without fear” (vv. 14-15).
Job responded sarcastically, “Wisdom will die with you! But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things?” (12:2-3). Job’s reality was so complex that even he didn’t know what was taking place (see Job 1-2). He correctly said, “To God belong wisdom and power” (12:13). It didn’t come from Zophar, who presumed to have authority and insight that weren’t his.
Our friends may need our loving counsel from time to time. But usually friends in crisis need us to bring their names in prayer to the one who truly does know them.
Reflect & Pray
When has someone been truly helpful to you in a crisis? How can you help another in a difficult situation today?
Heavenly Father, please help me rejoice and relax in the wonderful truth that you truly know me and still love me.
Our Daily Bread 2026 Devotional is written by Tim Gustafson and published by Our Daily Bread Ministries. Read more
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