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Divine Tenderness - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2024

Divine Tenderness details logo    Our Daily Bread - Sunday, June 13, 2022
  by RBC Ministries
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Divine Tenderness

Bible in a Year: Ezra 6-8, John 21

[Elijah] looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again.
1 Kings 19:6

Today's Scripture & Insight: 1 Kings 19:4-10, 15-18

I once heard a businessman describe his years in college as a time when he often felt "helpless and hopeless" from bouts of depression. Sadly, he never talked to a doctor about these feelings, but instead started making more drastic plans—ordering a book on suicide from his local library and setting a date to take his life.

God cares for the helpless and hopeless. We see this in His treatment of biblical characters during their own dark times. When Jonah wanted to die, God engaged him in tender conversation (Jonah 4:3-10). When Elijah asked God to take his life (1 Kings 19:4), God provided bread and water to refresh him (vv. 5-9), spoke gently to him (vv. 11-13), and helped him see he wasn't as alone as he thought (v. 18). God approaches the downhearted with tender, practical help.

The library notified the student when his book on suicide was ready to collect. But in a mix-up, the note went to his parents' address instead. When his mother called him, distraught, he realized the devastation his suicide would bring. Without that address mix-up, he says, he wouldn't be here today.

I don't believe that student was saved by luck or chance. Whether it's bread and water when we need it, or a timely wrong address, when mysterious intervention saves our lives, we've encountered divine tenderness.

By: Sheridan Voysey

Reflect & Pray
How has God come through for you in a time of desperation? Where else have you seen divine tenderness in action?

Loving God, I praise You for Your tender, practical care for the helpless and hopeless.
Divine Tenderness





 

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