Joel Osteen Daily Devotional 29th October 2023
Joel Osteen Daily Devotional 29th October 2023 – Today’s Word with Joel & Victoria Osteen. Read Sunday Daily Devotional Message by Joel Osteen.
TOPIC: Patient Expectancy
Today’s Scripture
James 5:7, NLT – Be patient as you wait…Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains.
Today’s Word
We all have things that we are believing for, but almost always there’s a time of waiting. Maybe you’re waiting for a relationship to improve, for a promotion, or to overcome an illness. There’s a right and wrong way to wait. Too often when things don’t happen on our timetable we get discouraged, give up, and settle for mediocre. It’s because we’re not waiting the right way.
Notice that today’s Scripture says we are to wait patiently and expectantly. Waiting should not be a passive thing. We have to wait with expectancy. We’re not supposed to sit around thinking, “My situation is never going to change. I prayed. I believed. But I don’t see how it can get better.” No, to wait with expectancy means that we are hopeful and positive. Waiting the correct way means you’re on the lookout. You get up every morning expecting good things. You may have problems, but you know this could be the day God turns it around. This could be the day you get the break that you need.
Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that everything You have for me will be released in my life at the right time. Thank You that I can wait with great expectancy, knowing that You are working behind the scenes. Help me to be patient and know that You are always on schedule. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”
About Joel Osteen
Raised in Houston, Texas, with a loving family of seven and world-renowned parents in full-time ministry, Joel Osteen never imagined that he would follow so closely in his father’s footsteps. As a young man, his training and interests were behind the scenes in television production, though he was close to his father in ministry.
His father always encouraged him to preach, but Joel would politely decline time and time again until one day in October 1999 when his father was admitted to the hospital with kidney complications. Joel finally agreed to preach the next Sunday, and his father passed the following week. Joel’s first sermon was the last his father ever heard. Joel and his wife, Victoria, were suddenly thrust into full-time leadership of Lakewood Church.