OUR DAILY BREAD 5 JANUARY 2021 MINISTRIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL — A Ripening Process
Our Daily Bread Ministries Daily Devotional
OUR DAILY BREAD 5 JANUARY 2021 MINISTRIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL
( Tuesday 5 January 2021 )
TOPIC: A Ripening Process
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Bible in a Year:
Genesis 13–15 Matthew 5:1–26
When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight.
Jeremiah 15:16
Today’s Scripture & Insight:
Jeremiah 15:15–18
OUR DAILY BREAD 5 JANUARY 2021 MINISTRIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL
MESSAGE:
Early in his fifty-year ministry in Cambridge, England, Charles Simeon (1759–1836) met a neighboring pastor, Henry Venn, and his daughters. After the visit, the daughters remarked how harsh and self-assertive the young man seemed.
OUR DAILY BREAD 5 JANUARY 2021 MINISTRIES DEVOTIONAL
In response, Venn asked his daughters to pick a peach from the trees. When they wondered why their father would want the unripe fruit, he responded, “Well, my dears, it is green now, and we must wait; but a little more sun, and a few more showers, and the peach will be ripe and sweet. So it is with Mr. Simeon.”
Over the years Simeon did soften through God’s transforming grace. One reason was his commitment to read the Bible and pray every day. A friend who stayed with him for a few months witnessed this practice and remarked, “Here was the secret of his great grace and spiritual strength.”
OUR DAILY BREAD 5 JANUARY 2021 MINISTRIES DEVOTIONAL
Simeon in his daily time with God followed the practice of the prophet Jeremiah, who faithfully listened for God’s words. Jeremiah depended on them so much that he said, “When your words came, I ate them.” He mulled and chewed over God’s words, which were his “joy” and “heart’s delight” (Jeremiah 15:16).
If we too resemble a sour green fruit, we can trust that God will help to soften us through His Spirit as we get to know Him through reading and obeying the Scriptures.
By: Amy Boucher Pye
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Reflect & Pray
How has reading the Bible changed you? Why might you sometimes not read it?
God, the Scriptures feed me and protect me from sin. Help me to read them every day.
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