Joel Osteen Daily Devotional 12th September 2025 (Friday) Message. Today’s Word With Joel & Victoria Osteen.
After the Dark Valley.
Joel Osteen
Today’s Scripture
You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings. – Psalm 23:5, NLT
Today’s Word
It’s interesting that David says that after you walk through the darkest valley with God, then He will prepare a feast for you in the presence of your enemies. You have to go through the loneliness, through the sickness, through the betrayal before you get that fresh anointing, that new beginning. You have to go through the job where you’re not being treated right, through the struggle, the lack, the debt, before you make it to where your cup runs over.
Too often we want the overflow but not the valley. In the dark valley is where we prove to God what we’re really made of. Can God trust you with more of His favor, with greater influence and more resources? You have to be faithful in the darkness, when things aren’t going your way. It may not be easy, but faith is trusting in God when life doesn’t make sense. He is working something in your life that can only be worked in the difficulties. Dare to believe that He’s blessing you even in the dark places.
Prayer For Today
“Father, thank You that when I go through the dark valleys, seasons of struggle and pressure, that I have Your promise of a coming feast. Thank You that my cup will overflow with blessings. I believe that Your grace will bring me through to victory. 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 12th September 2025)