Joel Osteen Devotional 14 May 2025 Inspirational Message
TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL MESSAGE BY JOEL OSTEEN 14TH MAY 2025
God has created you to be a victor, not a victim. Jump-start your day by celebrating the very best that God has for you! These daily inspirations will help you grow in your relationship with the Lord and equip you to be.
Joel Osteen Devotional 14 May 2025 Inspirational Message
Today’s Topic: As a Child
Scripture: “For the Kingdom of God belongs to men who have hearts as trusting as these little children’s. And anyone who doesn’t have their kind of faith will never get within the Kingdom’s gates.” – Luke 18:17, TLB
Today’s Word
If you ask children if they’d like to go buy a toy at the store, they don’t start debating whether they’re worthy enough. They don’t question whether you mean it or if you have the money to pay for it. No, children just receive the gift happily. They haven’t been contaminated with lies about how they aren’t good enough or have done too many wrong things. But as adults, when we hear about God’s gifts, we start reasoning things out. “I didn’t perform up to par.
God’s not going to bless me. I struggle all the time. I don’t feel valuable.” Why don’t you start receiving God’s gifts? God says you are fearfully and wonderfully made. He calls you a masterpiece. He knew you before you were formed in your mother’s womb and approved you. He didn’t approve you based on your performance. He approved you based on the fact that you’re His child, created in His image, crowned with His favor. Now you have to receive that approval. Receive that validation. You’re not ordinary, but a child of the Most High God.
Prayer For Today
“Father, thank You that You approved me before I was formed in my mother’s womb, long before I made my first mistake. Thank You that You approve and love me despite my weaknesses and shortcomings. I declare that I am receiving Your gifts as Your child. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”
We all have things that are trying to hold us back. It can be fear, addictions, negative things people have said. Now that’s damaging our self-esteem, keeping us from believing in who we are. Sometimes, it’s mistakes we’ve made. We keep rehearsing it, living down on ourselves. The past is restricting us. Or we’re dealing with an illness, a child that’s off course, we can’t get ahead in our finances.
We want to move forward, but it’s like these forces keep pulling us back. It’s easy to get comfortable being constrained, to learn to live with things that are limiting us. Just accept, “This is who I am.” I am chained to this addiction, chained to the past, chained to how we were raised. But God did not create you to live bound. One reason Jesus came, died, and rose again was so that you could be free.
Not partially free. Not most of the way free, make you a little better. The Scripture says, “You will be unquestionably free.” That means there’s no doubt. You’re not having to fake it, cover over it, pretend. You’re healthy. You’re whole. You’re blessed. You’re happy. Your children are excelling. You’re living a victorious life.
Scripture Union Daily Guide 14th May 2025: Be warned!
