Listen to the Stones - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2025

Bible in a Year : 1 Samuel 22-24, Luke 12:1-31

“I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”
Luke 19:40

Today's Scripture & Insight : Luke 19:37-40

After our family held a riverside memorial service for my father, we each selected a stone to help us remember him. His life had been a mix of wins and losses, but we knew his heart was for us. My fingers traced my stone’s smooth surface and helped me remember to hold him close.

In Luke 19, Jesus made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem, while the crowds waved palm branches, shouted Hosannas, and cheered, “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” (v. 38). In the Pharisees’ disdain of what they perceived to be a blasphemous claim of messiahship, they ordered Jesus to tell the disciples to be quiet. Jesus replied, “If they keep quiet, the stones will cry out” (v. 40).

The stones do cry out, in many ways. God has used stones throughout the story of His love for us. Two rough-hewn stones carried ten chiselled commandments to tell us how to live (Exodus 34:1). Stones of remembrance piled by the Jordan River and in the middle of the river reminded generations of Israelites of God’s provision and faithfulness (Joshua 4:8-9). The one rolled into place to contain Jesus’ body is the same one rolled away to show He had risen (Matthew 27:59-66; Luke 24:2). We ‘hear’ this stone as it reminds us of Jesus’ words, “I am the resurrection and the life” (John 11:25).

Listen to the stones and lift your own voice in praise to our loving Father.

By: Elisa Morgan

Reflect & Pray
How have the stones of God’s work in our world ‘cried out’ to you? What message might God intend for you to take to heart?

Dear Father, thank You for using even stones to speak of Your love.