OUR DAILY BREAD DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY
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The Topic of Our Daily Bread For 26th November 2024 is “Partnership with God”
Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 27-29; 1 Peter 3
Memory Verse: Mark 6:37
You give them something to eat.
Today’s Scripture & Insight: Mark 6:35-44
In Mark’s account of a large crowd being fed with only five loaves of bread and two fish, the focus is on how this miracle instructed the disciples—both in God’s power as well as in their calling to serve (Mark 6:35, 39). The “how” of the miracle is mysterious. Mark doesn’t tell us that the crowd is even aware of a miracle occurring; the disciples simply start dispensing the food and somehow there’s enough for all.
Jesus opens the meal with a customary prayer of thanks (v. 41). He may have spoken this traditional Jewish prayer: “Praise be to you, O Lord our God, King of the world, who makes bread to come from the earth, and who provides for all that you have created.”
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ODB MESSAGE FOR TODAY
When my friend and her husband struggled to conceive, doctors recommended she have a medical procedure done. But my friend was hesitant. “Shouldn’t prayer be enough to fix our problem?” she asked. “Do I really need to do the procedure?” My friend was trying to work out what role human action has in seeing God work.
The story of Jesus feeding the crowd can help us here (Mark 6:35-44). We may know how the story ends—thousands of people are miraculously fed with just a little bread and some fish (v. 42). But notice who is to feed the crowd? The disciples (v. 37). And who provides the food? They do (v. 38). Who distributes the food and cleans up afterward? The disciples (vv. 39-43). “You give them something to eat,” Jesus said (v. 37). Jesus did the miracle, but it happened as the disciples acted.
A good crop is a gift from God (Psalm 65:9-10), but a farmer must still work the land. Jesus promised Peter “a catch” of fish but the fisherman still had to cast his nets (Luke 5:4-6). God can tend the earth and do miracles without us but typically chooses to work in a divine-human partnership.
My friend went through with the procedure and later successfully conceived. While this is no formula for a miracle, it was a lesson for my friend and me. God often does His miraculous work through the methods He’s placed in our hands.
Reflect & Pray
When are you tempted to pray without acting? What’s God calling you to act on right now?
Dear God, thank You for including me in Your amazing work. Please take what’s in my hands and do wonders through it.
Our Daily Bread 2024 Devotional is written by Con Campbell and published by Our Daily Bread Ministries. Read more
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