Our Daily Bread – 14th December 2022 ODB Devotional for Wednesday
Read Our Daily Bread – 14th December 2022 ODB Devotional for Wednesday
READ MONDAY ODB DEVOTIONAL, OUR DAILY BREAD 12TH DECEMBER 2022 WRITTEN BY MIKE WITTMER (OUR DAILY BREAD MINISTRIES)
TOPIC: In His Hands
KEY VERSE: What is the way to the abode of light? And where does darkness reside? Job 38:19
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Joel 1-3, Revelation 5
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: Job 38:4–21
December 14, 2022 – Our Daily Bread Devotional || INSIGHT
The Bible points to God as Creator throughout its pages. Along with the two creation accounts in Genesis 1–2, Job describes the wonders of creation (chs. 38–41). In the Psalms, David declared, “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful” (Psalm 139:14). In Colossians 1:16, Paul wrote of Jesus, “In him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.” John exclaimed, “Through him all things were made” (John 1:3; see Revelation 4:11), and the author of Hebrews wrote that “the universe was formed at God’s command” (11:3).
Our Daily Bread – 14th December 2022 ODB MESSAGE
William Shatner played Captain Kirk on the television series Star Trek, but he was unprepared for a real trip into space. He called his eleven-minute sub-orbital flight “the most profound experience I can imagine.” He stepped out of his rocket and marveled, “To see the blue color go right by you and now you’re staring into blackness, that’s the thing.” You “look down and there’s the blue down there and the black up there.” He added, “The beauty of that color and it’s so thin and you’re through it in an instant.”
Our planet is a blue dot surrounded by utter darkness. It’s unsettling. Shatner said that flying from blue sky into blackness was like flying into death. “In an instant, you go, ‘Whoa, that’s death!’ That’s what I saw. It was so moving to me. This experience, it’s something unbelievable.”
Shatner’s shattering flight puts life in perspective. We’re small objects in the universe, yet we’re loved by the One who created light and separated it from the darkness (Genesis 1:3–4). Our Father knows where the darkness resides and the path to its dwelling (Job 38:19–20). He “laid the earth’s foundation . . . while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy” (vv. 4–7).
Let’s trust our small lives to the God who holds the whole universe in His hands.
REFLECT AND PRAY
What comes to mind as you consider the vastness of space? What does the night sky reveal about God?
Father, You rule this world and all that lies beyond. I trust Your powerful love.
Our Daily Bread – 14th December 2022 ODB Devotional for Wednesday Message . Our Daily Bread Ministries (ODB) is a Christian organization founded by Dr. Martin De Haan in 1938. It is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with over 600 employees. It produces several devotional publications, including Our Daily Bread. our daily bread booklet.
