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The Topic of Our Daily Bread For 19th April 2025 is “Clothed in Christ”
Bible in a Year: 2 Samuel 6-8: Luke 15:1-10
Memory Verse: Isaiah 61:10
He has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness.
Today’s Scripture & Insight: Isaiah 61:4-11
Isaiah 61 speaks of the redemption and restoration of God’s people as “the year of the Lord’s favour” (v. 2). They will experience God’s grace when He sends them the “anointed” one—Jesus (see Luke 4:18-19)—to rescue and deliver them from their captivity to sin (Isaiah 61:1-3). God will bless them as His covenant people, and they will rejoice in His faithfulness, grace, goodness, and glory (vv. 4-11). In thankfulness for God’s salvation, the prophet Isaiah declared on behalf of the redeemed people: “He has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of righteousness” (v. 10 NLT). God’s redeemed people will be a witness to the world that God has blessed His people with new life (v. 9).
By: K.T. Sim
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ODB MESSAGE FOR TODAY
Rose Turner, a fashion psychologist at the London College of Fashion, studies the impact clothing has on how people think, how they behave and even how clothes affect their mood. As the closest thing to our bodies, clothing forms a type of “second skin” and girds us for whatever the day might hold. For example, donning professional attire can “help with motivation and concentration” at work, and wearing vintage pieces with sentimental value can bring comfort during stressful
situations.
This psychological phenomenon offers an insight into Isaiah’s prophetic words about Jesus’ sacrificial act. He records the future deliverance of the Jews from their captivity in Babylon, assuring them they would one day “rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated” in their absence (Isaiah 61:4). In that day, they would wear “a robe of his righteousness” (v. 10).
Isaiah’s prophecy was fulfilled first in the nation’s return to Jerusalem and then fully when “God made [Jesus] . . . sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God” (2 Corinthians 5:21). Righteousness describes our right relationship with God when we trust in Christ’s sacrifice. God doesn’t see us outfitted in shame or disgrace because of our sin; instead, He sees us clothed in Jesus’ enduring righteousness—a “second skin” that girds us with joy today and for eternity.
By: Kirsten Holmberg
Reflect & Pray
What shame do you ‘put on’ every day? How can you better remember your robe of righteousness?
Our Daily Bread 2025 Devotional is written by Con Campbell and published by Our Daily Bread Ministries. Read more
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