Joel Osteen Today 27 December 2024 Devotional Message
TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL MESSAGE BY JOEL OSTEEN 27TH DECEMBER 2024
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 everything God intends you to be.
Joel Osteen Today 27 December 2024 Devotional Message
Topic: Don’t Let the Card Fool You
Today’s Scripture
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. – Isaiah 9:6, NIV
Today’s Word
We see the Christmas cards of the beautiful manger scene. There’s Mary holding baby Jesus with a pleasant smile, with Joseph looking on. The shepherds are huddled in the background, quietly worshipping the newborn Messiah.
The wise men are standing by with their gifts, and the Star of Bethlehem is shining so brightly overhead. But if Mary were here, she would tell you, “Don’t let the card fool you. Yes, it was a glorious night, a holy night. And, yes, I’m honored to have been the mother of Christ, but there are a lot of things you didn’t see.
You’re seeing the right moment; you’re seeing the culmination of God’s faithfulness and purpose. But you’re not seeing all the difficulties Joseph and I had to overcome to get to that moment.” She would tell you that you have to be faithful through the difficulties and wrongs, but that God has graced you for everything that you’ll face. God won’t allow a wrong and not give you the strength, the favor, and the endurance to go through it.
Prayer For Today
“Father, thank You that You are always working in my life to shape my character and prepare me for the new things You have for me. Thank You for seasons of difficulty where You prove my faithfulness. I believe You are taking me through to be used for Your glory. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”
Today’s Inspirational Message: The Israelites were in captivity, not only were the Babylonians holding them, but the desert was all around them. Even if they escaped, they couldn’t survive. But Isaiah explained what the new thing was. He said, “God will make rivers in the desert. What looks like barren ground will turn into fertile land.” God was saying, “This new thing I’m about to do, it’s not going to be natural; it’s going to be supernatural. I’ll make a way where you don’t see a way.” That’s why you can’t figure it out. It’s not going to be logical. What God is about to do is going to be unusual, uncommon, out of the ordinary. You’re going to see rivers where there should be dry places.
Don’t let a lack of evidence cause you to give up on your dreams. What God has for you is going to take resilience, determination, perseverance. You have to have a made-up mind; you can’t be talked out of it. You can’t be moved by what you see. What you see may contradict what God put in your heart. You may not see anything improving, but if you’ll stay in faith, you’re going see things suddenly happen. Suddenly the door opens, suddenly the wrong people are moved out of the way, suddenly your health begins to turn around.
Daily Bible Verse Prayer 27 December 2024 Friday
