Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread.

Our Reading titled Walk On was written by Lisa M. Samra.

Walk On is the fascinating memoir of Ben Malcamson, a student with virtually no football experience who became a walk-on,

a non-recruited player, for the 2007 University of Southern California Rose Bowl champion team.

A college journalist, Malcolmson decided to write a first-person account of the grueling tryout process.

To his disbelief, he won a coveted spot on the team.

After joining the team, Malcolmson's faith compelled him to find God's purpose for him in this

unexpected opportunity. But his teammates' indifference to discussions of faith left him discouraged.

As he prayed for direction,

Malcolmson read the powerful reminder in Isaiah, where God says,

My Word, will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

Inspired by Isaiah's words, Malcmson anonymously gave every player on the team a Bible. Again, he was met with rejection.

But years later, Malcmson learned one player had read the Bible he'd been given,

and shortly before his tragic death, had demonstrated a relationship with and hunger for God

who he discovered in the pages of that Bible.

It's likely that many of us have shared Jesus with a friend or family member

only to be met with indifference or outright rejection,

but even when we don't see results right away,

God's truth is powerful

and will accomplish his purposes in his timing.

Today's Our Daily Bread Devotional Scripture reading

is from Isaiah, chapter 55, verses 9 through 11.

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