DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries)
APRIL 14, 2026
READ: Leviticus 26 (Focus vs. 3-12)
MEMORY VERSE
“I will put my dwelling place among you.” Leviticus 26:11
BACKGROUND
Alan is a fifth-generation fruit farmer who manages his family’s cherry, peach, and apple orchard. Over the years, his family has perfected growing trees with maximum yield.
They’ve carefully planted saplings for the future, put up a deer fence, and invested in special fans that help keep the air warm when frost threatens their crops. Even so, they’re never assured of a good harvest. Factors like weather, pollinators, and disease are beyond their control.
Yet all of nature is under God’s control. He knows we need physical provision like healthy crops, but He encourages us to look even higher to the ultimate good—Himself.
The book of Leviticus contains decrees that God gave the Israelites governing everything from sacrifice and worship to relationships and criminal justice.
Obeying His direction would lead to blessing, including provision of a bountiful harvest (26:3-4), but disobedience would result in a curse, where their enemies would enjoy the fruit of their labor (v. 16).
More than just plentiful crops (v. 10), God’s blessing included a promise to dwell with His people (v. 11) and look on them “with favor” (v. 9).
The Israelites messed up again and again. So will we. But we can repent, submit, and turn back again to enjoy the gift of His presence (vv. 40-42), manifested in Jesus and now expressed through the Holy Spirit.
Karen Pimpo
INSIGHT
In Leviticus 26, God promised His people that obedience to His commands would result in their land flourishing with abundant harvest and peace from war. The most significant promise is found in verse 12: “I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people.”
At the same time, the chapter warns that rejecting God’s ways would result in famine, defeat in war, and eventually exile from God’s land and presence (vv. 14-35).
Yet God assured them that, even then, if His people repented, He’d “remember [His] covenant” (v. 42) with them and bring restoration. Because of God’s faithfulness (v. 44), there’d always be a path back to His presence.
The same is true for us today. When we confess our sins, we can enjoy the gift of His presence.
Monica La Rose
APPLICATION
In what ways are you seeking peace and provision on your own? What does it look like to walk in God’s presence and in His ways?
PR’s (Pastor Richard) RE-EMPHASIS (From Today’s Post)
“…all of nature is under God’s control (and) He knows we need physical provision like healthy crops, but He encourages us to look even higher to the ultimate good—Himself.
PR’s TAKE
“God’s blessing always accompanies His presence” Anonymous
“God owes me nothing but gives me everything” Karen Kolzow
We can’t take God’s blessings for granted. Pr
PRAYER
“May I dwell with You as I follow Your pattern for life, dear God.”
TODAY’S HYMN/WORSHIP/PRAISE/GOSPEL SONG
“GOD YOU KEEP ON BLESSING ME” Brenden Praise
God You keep on blessing me
And You keep protecting me
Even though, I don’t know ways to the right things
But Your grace is sufficient
…And only You can change my life (my life)
Only You can make me right again (right again)
And even though I don’t know ways to the right things
But You grace is sufficient (sufficient)
…Holy, Holy
You are holy
Holy, Holy
You are holy
Holy, Holy
You are holy
Holy, Holy
You are Holy
