Our Daily Bread Devotional For Tuesday 1st April 2025 – Tears of Love

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The Topic of Our Daily Bread For 1st April 2025 is “Tears of Love”

Bible in a Year: Judges 13-15 / Luke 6:27-49

Memory Verse: John 11:35

Jesus wept.

Today’s Scripture & Insight: John 11:17-44
Insight
After Jesus learned Lazarus was gravely ill, He waited two days to go to the home of his sisters, Mary and Martha (John 11:1–6). When Jesus and His disciples arrived, Lazarus had been in the tomb four days (v. 17). This allowed a day for the news to reach Jesus and a day for Him to reach Bethany. So, Lazarus may have already been dead when the news reached Jesus that he was ill.

That it had been four days was significant because in that warm climate, Lazarus’ body would have been severely decomposed (v. 39). If Jesus had left immediately and resurrected Lazarus, naysayers could’ve easily denied his resurrection, suggesting he’d only been in a deep sleep or coma. It was also significant because in that day some Jews believed the soul hovered over the body for three days, hoping to reenter. But by four days, even that hope would have expired.

By: Alyson Kieda

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ODB MESSAGE FOR TODAY

I was choked up that Saturday evening when I had to say goodbye to my daughters. I didn’t think it would be so hard, empty nesting a second time round. After all, the girls had previously been away at university and had now secured jobs they really wanted. But leaving them in a distant town and heading home to a house lacking their life—and their mess—touched me deeply.

Jesus too was overcome with emotion the day he went to visit Martha and Mary in Bethany. He already knew that the Father was going to do an amazing miracle through Him (see John 11:4, 11) and raise His friend, Lazarus, from the dead (vv. 33-34). He had thus deliberately delayed when Lazarus’ sisters asked Him to come (v. 6).

But when he arrived He felt their pain deeply, being intensely affected by their grief. “Jesus wept” (v. 35) may be the shortest verse in the Bible but is one of the most profound. Jesus wasn’t being weak when He cried; He was expressing His humanity and love, just as He demonstrated His divinity and power when He raised Lazarus.

To stand silently with someone in pain and shed tears can be a greater act of love than uttering many words, as my daughters knew from my wet eyes that evening. What consolation to know that God also draws alongside us, empathising with us in our sorrows.

By: Adrian Smith

Reflect & Pray
How could you show your love to someone today? In what ways has God revealed His love and compassion to you this week?

Dear God, thank You for loving me in so many ways. Help me to empathise and show my love to others too.

Our Daily Bread 2025 Devotional is written by Con Campbell and published by Our Daily Bread Ministries. Read more

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