JOEL OSTEEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL 1 AUGUST 2024 MESSAGE
Joel Osteen Daily Devotional 1 August 2024 – Today’s Word with Joel & Victoria Osteen. Read Thursday Daily Devotional Message by Joel Osteen.
TOPIC: Make Things Right
Today’s Scripture
Then Esau ran to meet him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept. – Genesis 33:4, NLT
Today’s Word
When Jacob was a young man, he tricked his brother, Esau, out of his birthright, then he deceived his father into giving him the firstborn blessing that should have gone to Esau. When Esau found out, he was so angry that Jacob had to flee for his life. Jacob ran away from a problem he created, a relationship he severely damaged, and lived for twenty years in exile from his immediate family.
When Jacob finally decided to go back home, it meant facing Esau. You always have to go back and deal with what you run from. You can imagine Jacob’s apprehension of Esau’s anger and revenge, but Esau met him, embraced and kissed him, and they both wept. When you stop running, when you deal with things that you’ve pushed down, when you get honest with yourself and make things right, the grace of God goes before you.
God will soften people’s hearts. You may need to ask for forgiveness or call that loved one you haven’t spoken to and make peace. Don’t wait. God will make your crooked places straight.
Prayer For Today
“Father, thank You that You restore broken relationships and soften people’s hearts that have been offended. Thank You that I can stop running away or staying away from people with whom I need to make peace. I believe that You are going before me with Your grace and straightening the crooked places. 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.