Today's Daily Bread

ON THE DAY THE LORD ACTS

Date : Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Passage : Malachi 3:13~4:6
Keyverse : 3:17  
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"You have spoken arrogantly against me," says the LORD. "Yet you ask, ’What have we said against you?’
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"You have said, ’It is futile to serve God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements and going about like mourners before the LORD Almighty?
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But now we call the arrogant blessed. Certainly evildoers prosper, and even when they put God to the test, they get away with it.’"
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Then those who feared the LORD talked with each other, and the LORD listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the LORD and honored his name.
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"On the day when I act," says the LORD Almighty, "they will be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him.
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And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.
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"Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire," says the LORD Almighty. "Not a root or a branch will be left to them.
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But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.
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Then you will trample on the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act," says the LORD Almighty.
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"Remember the law of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel.
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"See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes.
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He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction."
The Lord brought one more accusation against Israel. They had spoken arrogantly against the Lord by saying it was pointless to serve the Lord. They saw the arrogant as blessed and the evildoers prosper. This is a question people have wrestled with since Biblical times. Why is it that the wicked seem to do so well, while those who serve God struggle? This passage assures us that the Lord sees and hears all. He sees those who revere him, and he will bless them. One day the Lord will act. Then the wicked will be punished but the Lord will show compassion on those who love and fear him.

The Lord promises that the day of the Lord is coming. One day, the Lord will come and, on that day, the wicked will surely perish, while those who revere the Lord will be found righteous. There will be much rejoicing among the righteous on that day. But before then, the Lord would send the prophet Elijah. This would be John the Baptist, who came to prepare the way for our Lord Jesus Christ (Mt11:14).

Prayer: Father, it seems sometimes that the wicked prosper and your people suffer. Give us patience to wait on your blessing.
One Word: Revere the name of the Lord