Our Daily Bread 27 May 2022 (Friday ODB): The Forecaster’s Mistake

Our Daily Bread 27 May 2022 ODB Devotional Message for Friday

Our Daily Bread 27 May 2022 was written by Tim Gustafson (our Daily Bread Ministries). Read Our Daily Bread 27 May 2022 Devotional and be blessed.

TOPIC: The Forecaster’s Mistake

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 23:16–22

BIBLE IN A YEAR: 2 Chronicles 1–3; John 10:1–23

KEY VERSE: Let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. – Jeremiah 23:28

Our Daily Bread 27 May 2022 (Friday ODB) INSIGHT: In Jeremiah 23, God spoke through the prophet Jeremiah against the “shepherds” (kings and priests, vv. 1–2) and prophets (vv. 9–40) for their continued disobedience and for leading the people astray. The shepherds were called to be godly leaders who guided and protected; instead, they’d destroyed and scattered “the sheep of [God’s] pasture” (v. 1).

And rather than speaking God’s truths, the prophets “prophesied by Baal and led [God’s] people Israel astray” (v. 13). They “live[d] a lie” and strengthened “the hands of evildoers” so that they didn’t turn back “from their wickedness” (v. 14). God warned the people not to listen to the false prophets who weren’t speaking for God and offered only “false hopes” (v. 16). Because of their refusal to listen, Judah would be exiled at the hands of the Babylonians. Yet God wouldn’t forsake them forever (vv. 3–8).

Our Daily Bread 27 May 2022 (Friday ODB) MESSAGE

At noon on September 21, 1938, a young meteorologist warned the U.S. Weather Bureau of two fronts forcing a hurricane northward toward New England. But the chief of forecasting scoffed at Charles Pierce’s prediction. Surely a tropical storm wouldn’t strike so far north.

Two hours later, the 1938 New England Hurricane made landfall on Long Island. By 4:00 p.m. it had reached New England, tossing ships onto land as homes crumbled into the sea. More than six hundred people died. Had the victims received Pierce’s warning—based on solid data and his detailed maps—they likely would have survived.

The concept of knowing whose word to heed has precedent in Scripture. In Jeremiah’s day, God warned His people against false prophets. “Do not listen [to them],” He said. “They fill you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord” (Jeremiah 23:16). God said of them, “If they had stood in my council, they would have proclaimed my words to my people” (v. 22).

“False prophets” are still with us. “Experts” dispense advice while ignoring God altogether or twisting His words to suit their purposes. But through His Word and Spirit, God has given us what we need to begin to discern the false from the true. As we gauge everything by the truth of His Word, our own words and lives will increasingly reflect that truth to others.

Our Daily Bread 27 May 2022 (Friday ODB) Devotional for Today

REFLECT: What’s the standard you use when you decide whether something is true? What in your attitude needs to change toward those who disagree with you?

PRAY: Loving God, so many claim to speak for You these days. Help me learn what You really have to say. Make me sensitive to Your Spirit, not the spirit of this world.

Our Daily Bread 27 May 2022 Devotional for Friday. 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. Our Daily Bread 27 May 2022 ODB Devotional.