JOEL OSTEEN Devotional 19 March 2025 (Wednesday)
TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL MESSAGE BY JOEL OSTEEN 19TH MARCH 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 19 March 2025 (Wednesday)
Today’s Topic: When Someone Walks Away
Scripture: Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica….Only Luke is with me. – 2 Timothy 4:10–11, NIV
Today’s Word
Demas had been a trusted traveling companion of the apostle Paul, sharing in some of the hardships of his journeys. But Demas left Paul sitting in his prison cell and turned his back on the work they had been doing. There will be times when friends whom we’re counting on are going to disappoint us and walk away. It’s easy to get frustrated and discouraged by people who aren’t there for us when we think we need them.
Sometimes we end up spending our energies trying to win them over when they’re not going to be won over. But notice that Luke was still with Paul. You don’t need everyone you think you need. God has already ordained the right people to come into your life to help you reach your destiny.
When they’re the right people, you don’t have to play up to them, you don’t have to manipulate and try to convince them to stay. They’ll be for you through thick and thin. They’ll show up when you didn’t ask. They’ll encourage you when nobody else is around. God will send you divine connections.
Prayer For Today
“Father, thank You for the people You’ve placed in my life to help me move to my destiny. Help me to not become dependent upon their approval or try to get my value from them. I declare that You have ordained divine connections for me just as You did for Paul. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”
David said, “Early in the morning, my song of praise rises to You.” David had all these things coming against him. During the day, all these toxins came against David. Things the enemy designed to try to contaminate his life. But David knew this secret. Every morning, he went through a cleansing. He didn’t wait a week and stew over what his brothers said, be angry for a month with his father, offended at King Saul for a year. No, he had this habit of daily renewal.
When he woke up, he released the hurt, released the doubt, released the discouragement. He got his mind in an attitude of faith. He had a good reason to be bitter, but instead of letting those toxins stay, he wrote some of the great Psalms that we quote today. “This is the day the Lord has made.” David is the one who wrote that. He could have doubted, given up on his dreams. Instead, he got up each morning and said, “Though I am surrounded by trouble, You will bring me safely through.”
Bible Verse of the Day, Wednesday 19th March 2025
