Joel Osteen Daily Devotional 17th February 2026 (Tuesday) Message. Today’s Word With Joel & Victoria Osteen.
Joel Osteen Daily Devotional 17th February 2026 TOPIC: Prepared Blessings
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
Hebrews 6:12, NIV
TODAY’S WORD
It’s easy to be frustrated when something we’re waiting for is taking so much longer than we thought. It’s tempting to take matters into our own hands and try to force doors to open, to manipulate a situation, to live striving and straining. But the Scripture says that it is through faith and patience we inherit the promises. You have to trust God’s timing. Without patience, you can miss God’s best. It may be taking longer because what God has in store is much better than what you have in mind.
Jesus told His disciples, “I’m going away to prepare a place for you” (John 14:2). God has some prepared blessings for you, things He’s already lined up—good breaks, the right people, healing—that will come at His appointed time. Isaiah 40:31 says, “They that wait on the Lord will renew their strength.” Waiting on the Lord is waiting in faith, in peace, from a place of rest. You do your best, then you step back and let God fight your battles, open the doors, bring the right people, vindicate you.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
“Father, thank You that You have established set times to bring Your promises to pass in my life. Give me the grace to accept Your timing and rest in the fact that You have prepared blessings for me. I will do my best and then wait in faith, in peace, and rest in You. 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 17th February 2026)