Joel Osteen Daily Devotional 1st February 2026 (Sunday) Message. Today’s Word With Joel & Victoria Osteen.
Joel Osteen Daily Devotional 1st February 2026 TOPIC: Keep the Right Identity
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the entire land of Egypt.”
Genesis 41:41, NLT
TODAY’S WORD
God had given Joseph a dream that he’d be in leadership and do great things. But that made his brothers so angry they threw him into a pit to die, then they sold him into slavery. He was first enslaved, then falsely accused and put into prison. His environment—imprisoned in Egypt—was the opposite of what God had promised him. He could have become bitter, but he kept being his best. He didn’t let the environment change his identity. He kept seeing himself as the difference maker who God said he would be.
Thirteen years after being sold into slavery, Joseph was brought to the palace where his interpretation of Pharaoh’s dream so impressed Pharaoh that he put Joseph in charge of the nation. He became the prince of Egypt. Here’s my point. By his attitude, Joseph kept saying, “No, the pit can’t change who I am. I’m a prince in the pit. Slavery doesn’t lessen my value. I’m a prince as a slave, and a prince in the prison. My circumstances don’t determine my identity. My God determines my identity. I am who God says I am.”
PRAYER FOR TODAY
“Father, thank You that no matter what my circumstances say, nothing can change the fact that I am Your child. Thank You that You see me as royalty no matter what my situation looks like, even when I’ve failed. I declare that I am becoming more and more like who You say I am. 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 1st February 2026)