Daily Bread Pastor Mike Anderson 2026

Reflection:   As we have been saying all along, the last year and a half, as we move through the entire bible in a two year period, the Old Testament is a constant foreshadowing of what is to come in the revelation of God’s Son, Jesus Christ.   Today we see some of that foreshadowing in both the Psalm, and the passage from Isaiah 53, which is regarded as one of the clearest Messianic (revealing who the Messiah will be) passages.   In the Psalm, we see that God anointed King David, to be the first king over Israel.   It says he found and chose His servant David, and anointed him with oil.   Also notice the covenant language at the end, where God says, “He will maintain His love for him, and will establish his line forever.”   This is commonly referred to in theological circles as the “Davidic Covenant” or “Royal Covenant”.   And remember, it is from the line of David though which Jesus descended.   So we see foreshadowing through the anoin...

Reflection:   In today’s passages we see the power of the Lord!   The psalmist tells us that He rules over the surging sea and the heavens and the earth are all created by His hand.   In Isaiah, the prophet says by a mere rebuke He dries up the sea, and He clothes the heaven with darkness.   Then, as we get to the verses in Colossians, as we start this new epistle by Saint Paul, we this power given to the Church at Colossae.   Paul says these words to encourage this church to be faithful to its calling: “9  For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, 10  so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11  being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so...

Reflection:   Despite Israel’s affliction with the Babylonian invasion and subsequent deportation, God’s plan is still in place.   God is working all things together for good. In Isaiah, we God’s plan unfolding which will eventually proclaim that a Messiah will come to be a light for the Gentiles as well.   Isaiah says, 5 And now the Lord says—     he who formed me in the womb to be his servant to bring Jacob back to him     and gather Israel to himself, for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord     and my God has been my strength— 6 he says: “It is too small a thing for you to be my servant     to restore the tribes of Jacob     and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles,     that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.” 7 This is what the Lord says—  ...