Joel Osteen Devotional October 9 2021 – Against the Odds

Proverbs 3:5–6, MSG

Trust GOD from the bottom of your heart; don’t try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for GOD’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track.

When God created the heavens and the earth, He made them out of nothing. When He spoke worlds into creation, He didn’t google it to see if it was possible with no materials. He didn’t try to figure out a way. He is the way. He doesn’t try to open doors. He is the door. He doesn’t check the odds to see if you can reach your destiny. He speaks, and it becomes your destiny. God is not limited by your background, by how you were raised, by your education. He is all-powerful. He can take nothing and make something magnificent. Imagine what He can do with you. You are His prized possession. He has destined you to leave your mark.

There may be odds against you, but they cannot stop you. Don’t let what you think is not going to happen talk you out of believing. Even if the odds are zero in a million, all God has to do is speak and the odds change in your favor.

Father, thank You for being the God who simply spoke the word and all of creation came into being. Thank You that You didn’t have to try to figure out how to do it, and I don’t have to figure out everything on my own. I declare that I am going to trust You from the bottom of my heart. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.