No Longer Alone - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2025

Bible in a Year : 2 Samuel 3-5, Luke 14:25-35

Jesus cried out . . . “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).
Matthew 27:46

Today's Scripture & Insight : Matthew 27:41-51

As an atheist, Deb had always lived how she pleased, but after years of having her heart broken by one destructive relationship after another, she was desperate. High on heroin and contemplating suicide, she stumbled upon a Gideon’s New Testament and there discovered that after death, she would have to give account to God for her wasted life. That terrified her. So she crept into the back of a church on Good Friday, and heard the reading—today’s verses—that would change her forever. She sobbed uncontrollably, realising that she was no longer someone defined by rejection but as God’s beloved daughter.

The detail that struck Deb in her desolation was, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46). Many theologians believe that this phrase, together with the midday supernatural “darkness . . . over all the land” (v. 45), indicates that on the cross our sin separated Jesus from the presence of God the Father. But the thick “curtain of the temple” keeping people out of the most holy place was then “torn in two” (v. 51), symbolising how Jesus’ death destroyed the barriers between us and God. Jesus had been forsaken on the cross so that we no longer have to be.

Harmful relationships bring shame, and addiction feeds off shame. Additionally, loneliness is a silent, ongoing pain. Thanks to Jesus, however, we are united with God, our shame removed. We’re never truly alone again.

By: Tanya Marlow

Reflect & Pray
What makes you feel far from God? What comfort do you draw from Jesus’ forsakenness on the cross?

Dear Jesus, thank You for Your sacrifice. Thank You for experiencing utter desertion on the cross so that I can never be separated from God.