A Tribute and Reminder - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2025

Bible in a Year : Jeremiah 18-19, 2 Timothy 3

Each of you is to take up a stone . . . to serve as a sign among you.
Joshua 4:5-6

Today's Scripture & Insight : Joshua 4:1-8

Shortly after his father’s unexpected death, Aaron gifted his mother with a framed, poster-sized photo of dozens of items that encapsulated his dad’s life—collectibles, photos, rocks, books, artwork, and more—each holding special meaning. Aaron spent days collecting the items and arranging them, and then his sister Rachel captured the arrangement in a photo. The gift was a visual tribute to their father, who despite his decades-long struggle with self-loathing and addiction, never left his love for them in doubt. It also attested to God’s love and miraculous healing power that led to their father’s victory over addiction in the last decade of his life.

When after forty long years God’s people crossed into the promised land, Joshua chose a man from each of the twelve tribes to gather a stone from the dry riverbed to “serve as a sign among [them]” (Joshua 4:1-6). Joshua used these rocks to create an altar and lasting tribute to God’s power and provision (vv. 19-24). The Israelites’ journey hadn’t been easy. But God had been with them, providing water out of rocks, manna from the sky, and a pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night to guide them—and clothes that never wore out (Deuteronomy 8:4)! The memorial pointed to Him.

God does amazing things! As He provides, may we leave behind a lasting tribute to His love and power.

By: Alyson Kieda

Reflect & Pray
Where do you see evidence of God’s work? What kind of tribute could you leave attesting to His work?

Dear God, thank You for the evidence of Your love that surrounds me.