Welcome to today's encouragement from our Daily Bread.

I'm Sochiel Dixon.

In today's devotion, Where's God?

I'm sharing how God answers that question.

In Martin Hanford's Where's Waldo Books, a series of children's puzzle books first created in 1987.

The elusive character wears a red and white striped shirt and socks with a matching hat, blue jeans, brown boots, and glasses.

Hanford has cleverly hidden Waldo in plain sight within the busy illustrations

filled with crowds of characters at various locations around the world. Waldo isn't always

easy to see, but the creator promises readers will always be able to find him.

Though looking for God isn't really like looking for Waldo in a puzzle book,

our Creator promises we can find him too.

Through the Prophet Jeremiah, God instructed his people on how to live as foreigners in exile.

He promised to protect them until he restored them according to his perfect plan.

God assured the Israelites that the fulfillment of his promise would deepen their commitment to call on him in prayer.

Today, even though God has revealed himself in the story

and spirit of Jesus, it can be easy to get distracted by the busyness of this world. We may even

be tempted to ask, where's God? However, the creator and sustainer of all things

declares that those who belong to him will always find him

if they seek him with all their hearts.

Today's our daily bread devotional scripture reading is from Jeremiah chapter 29, verses 4 to 7, and 10 to 14.

This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. Build houses and settle

down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce. Mary, have sons and daughters. Find wives for

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