Joel Osteen Daily Devotional 24th September 2025 (Wednesday) Message. Today’s Word With Joel & Victoria Osteen.
Getting Prepared.
Joel Osteen
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
1 Samuel 16:19, NKJV
After David had been anointed to be the next king of Israel, he went back to caring for his father’s sheep. But then he was asked to come to the palace, not to be the king or an advisor, but to play his harp whenever King Saul suffered from depression. He could have thought, “Why am I being treated as a part-time musician? I am anointed.” But see how strategic God is.
All David had known was the shepherds’ fields. Now he’s in the palace in the presence of King Saul. God is showing him what it means to be a king. He’s getting him familiar with how a king operates, protocols, the staff that serves him. David didn’t realize his task was divinely orchestrated. God put him there to get him prepared for where he was going.
Don’t think your place of blessing has to be exciting and so big that everyone notices. Many times, your place of blessing is being faithful with small things. God is making you and molding you, getting you ready for greater responsibility, greater resources, greater favor.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
“Father, thank You that You have given me gifts and a calling that no one can take from me. Thank You that You are taking me through a preparation process. I declare that I will pass the faithfulness test of being my best and get to the place of blessing You have for me. 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 25th September 2025)