Joel Osteen Daily Devotional 12 July 2025 (Saturday) Message. Today’s Word With Joel & Victoria Osteen.
Joel Osteen Daily Devotional 12 July 2025 TOPIC: Even in the Dark Places
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house.”
Hebrews 3:5, NIV
TODAY’S WORD
Throughout the Scripture, every person who did something great went through dark places. Moses made a mistake and killed an Egyptian man. He spent forty lonely years on the back side of the desert, feeling as though he had blown it. But in that dark place something was being shaped in his life. He was being prepared, developing patience, humility, strength, and trust. Without the dark place, Moses would never have held up his rod and parted the Red Sea. He would never have led the Israelites out of slavery and toward the
Promised Land. The dark place was a prerequisite for his stepping into the fullness of his destiny, and it’s a prerequisite for us as well. It’s in the dark places where your character is developed, where you learn to trust God and to persevere, and where your spiritual muscles are made strong. In the dark places you pray more, you draw closer to God, you reevaluate your priorities, and you take time to get quiet and listen to what He’s saying. In that dark place you are being blessed.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
“Father, thank You for the changes You want to make in my life that will only be shaped and molded in dark places. Thank You for using the times of darkness to build my character and to draw me closer to You. I will rely on You in the dark 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. (Joel Osteen Daily Devotional 12 July 2025)
