“A LUDICROUS INVESTMENT”
OUR DAILY BREAD (Published Daily By Our Daily Bread Ministries)
READ: Jeremiah 32 (Focus vs. 6–15)
MEMORY VERSE
“I knew that this was the word of the Lord; so I bought the field.” Jeremiah 32:8–9
BACKGROUND
In 1929, as the US economy crashed, millions of people lost everything. But not Floyd Odlum. As everyone else panicked and sold their stocks at cut-rate prices, Odlum appeared to foolishly jump in and purchase stocks just as the nation’s future disintegrated.
But Odlum’s “foolish” perspective paid off, yielding robust investments that endured for decades.
God told Jeremiah to make what seemed like an absolutely ludicrous investment: “Buy [the] field at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin” (Jeremiah 32:8).
This was no time to be buying fields, however. The entire country was on the verge of being ransacked. “The army of the king of Babylon was . . . besieging Jerusalem” (v. 2), and whatever field Jeremiah purchased would soon be Babylon’s.
What fool makes an investment when everything would soon be lost?
Well, the person who’s listening to God—the One who intended a future no one else could envision. “This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields and vineyards will again be bought in this land” (v. 15).
God saw more than the ruin. God promised to bring redemption, healing, and restoration.
A ludicrous investment in a relationship or service for God isn’t foolish—it’s the wisest possible move when God leads us to make it (and it’s essential that we prayerfully seek to know He’s behind the instruction).
A “foolish” investment in others as God leads makes all the sense in the world.
By: Winn Collier
INSIGHT
One of the main features in the book of Jeremiah is that the prophet primarily records the message God is giving directly to His people. This was the main role of a prophet, for prophets stood before the people to represent God and His purposes to the nation.
In Jeremiah’s writings, this is clearly evidenced in that the phrase “thus saith the LORD” (KJV) appears no fewer than 147 times in this book! That’s 147 of the 431 times that phrase appears in the entire Old Testament.
Clearly, Jeremiah was committed to communicating God’s message to His people.
By: Bill Crowder
APPLICATION
Where do you sense God asking you to make a ludicrous investment in someone or something? How will this step require you to trust God in ways that appear foolish?
PR’s (PASTOR RICHARD) TAKE
“2022 A Year of Ludicrous Investments!!!”
The World of Investment teaches; buy low sell high, the WORD teaches us to buy wisely share wisely – pr
PR’s RE-EMPHASIS (My Re-Emphasis from Post)
A ludicrous investment in a relationship or service for God isn’t foolish—it’s the wisest possible move when God leads us to make it…A “foolish” investment in others as God leads makes all the sense in the world.
PRAYER
“God, it’s a good thing You see the future because sometimes all I see is ruin and disaster. Show me where to go, where to give my life.”
*YOUR TAKE? 
TODAY’s HYMN/WORSHIP/PRAISE/GOSPEL
“THERE’S AN OVERFLOW” Sinach
There is an outpouring of abundance
New doors have been opened
The land, it is green
A new grace has been released
The glory of the latter is greater
Than the former
The blessing is here
It’s all here
The glory of the latter is great than the former
The blessing is here, (it’s all here)
All here
There’s an overflow
Abundance of favor
It’s a new level, it’s a new level
There’s an overflow
Abundance of blessing
I’ve taken over, I’ve taken over
I see the nations, come to me
They receive answers from my lips
I am shining as a house on a hill
My greatness cannot be hidden
I see the nations, come to me…
It’s beyond our wildest dreams
What the lord is doing
My reality, my reality
It’s beyond our wildest dreams…
There’s an overflow…
Abundance of favor
It’s a new level…
Abundance of blessing
We’ve taken over, we’ve taken over
There’s an overflow
Abundance of favor…
Moving with the speed of the holy ghost
I am favored
Walking in abundance
Moving with the speed of the holy ghost
I am favored
Walking in abundance
Moving with the speed of the holy ghost
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