The Joel Osteen Podcast – Joel Osteen Devotional For Today
The Joel Osteen Podcast – Theme – At Just the Right Time
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE:
“So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.”
(Galatians 6:9, NLT)
TODAY’S WORD:
Are you praying for something that’s taking longer than you thought or expected? No matter how long you may have been standing on God’s promises, don’t give up! Your season is coming. Your harvest of blessing is on its way. It might be today, it might be tomorrow, it might be next week, next month or next year; but remember, at just the right time, you will experience your breakthrough.
The Joel Osteen Podcast says you should be encouraged because God is faithful, and His promises are true. Keep standing, Hoping, keep believing. Doing good. Keep declaring the promises of God over your life. Choose to be around people who are going to encourage you. Make sure you fill your heart and mind with God’s Word. Let a song of praise come out of your mouth. Press on in faith because at just the right time, your harvest of blessing will come!
PRAYER FOR TODAY:
Father, thank You for Your goodness and faithfulness in my life. Thank You for refreshing and renewing my heart. Fill me with Your peace; fill me with Your strength. Help me to do good and stand firm until I see my harvest of blessing in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Read Also – Who’s on Your Side?
A young lady showed me pictures of what remained of a car she was driving. Someone pulled in front of her on the freeway, she swerved, her car flipped over and rolled three times. It didn’t look like there was any way someone could survive. She said, “Joel, I walked away without one scratch or bruise.” When the police saw the car, they expected a fatality. They had to use the jaws of life to get her out. One officer said, “You are one very lucky lady.” That’s not luck, that’s the hand of God protecting her.
The Joel Osteen Podcast teaches that we’ve all come through challenges and problems that seemed too big, obstacles that looked insurmountable. We’ve seen doors open that shouldn’t have opened, promotion that we didn’t deserve, people who for no reason were good to us. That wasn’t luck or just a good break—that was the hand of God pushing back forces of darkness, protecting us, healing us, promoting us. David said, “By this I know the Lord is on my side, He has not let my enemies triumph over me” (Psalm 41:11).
When David looked at where he was and thought about all he had been through to get there—King Saul trying to kill him, people betraying him, armies coming together and attacking him—he recognized that God was behind the scenes the whole time, fighting his battles, not letting those enemies defeat him. It gave him a boldness, a confidence, for he knew the Lord was on his side.
All of us have some of these “by this I know”s. That sickness could have been the end, but by the grace of God you’re still here, healthy and whole. You can look back and say, “By this I know the Lord is on my side, He didn’t let that sickness defeat me.” That divorce, that relationship breakup should have left you sour, bitter, lonely. God not only restored you, He brought somebody better than you’ve imagined. Now you’re happy, whole, loving life. You can say, “By this I know the Lord is on my side, He’s turned my mourning into dancing.”
When you look back at how you raised that child on your own, how you put yourself through college, how you broke that addiction, you realize many people would have given up and missed their destiny. But by the grace of God, here you are. When you know the Lord is on your side, it gives you a confidence, a boldness. You don’t fall apart when opposition comes. Your attitude is: “You’re messing with the wrong person. I may look ordinary, but I have a secret: the Most High God is on my side.”
Credit – Joelosteen.com