Made for Adventure - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2025

Bible in a Year: Genesis 16-17, Matthew 5:27-48

Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.
Genesis 1:28

Today's Scripture & Insight: Genesis 1:21-28

I recently made a wonderful discovery. Following a dirt path into a cluster of trees near my home, I found a hidden homemade playground. A ladder made of sticks led up to a lookout, swings made from old cable spools hung from branches, and there was even a suspension bridge slung between boughs. Someone had turned some old wood and rope into a creative adventure!

Swiss physician Paul Tournier believed that we were made for adventure because we're made in God's image (Genesis 1:26-27). Just as God ventured forth to invent a universe (vv. 1-25), just as He took the risk of creating humans who could choose good or evil (3:5-6), and just as He called us to "be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it" (1:28), we too have a drive to invent, take risks, and create new things as we fruitfully rule the earth. Such adventures may be large or small, but they're best when they benefit others. I bet the makers of that playground would get a kick out of people finding and enjoying it.

Whether it's inventing new music, exploring new forms of evangelism, or rekindling a marriage that's grown distant, adventures of all kinds keep our heart beating. What new task or project is tugging at you right now? Perhaps God is leading you to a new adventure.

By: Sheridan Voysey

Reflect & Pray
How else do you see God being adventurous in Scripture? How can His adventures inspire our own?

Adventurous God, send me on a new adventure out of love for You and others!