Joel Osteen Daily Devotional 6 July 2026 (Monday) Message. Today’s Word With Joel & Victoria Osteen.
Joel Osteen Daily Devotional 6 July 2026 TOPIC:Turn and Walk Away
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
Then David turned away from Eliab to someone else and asked the same question.
1 Samuel 17:30, AMP
TODAY’S WORD
The enemy uses offenses and insults to get you upset and try to prove to people who you are or try to pay them back. You end up wasting valuable time and energy fighting a battle that doesn’t matter. If that battle is not between you and your destiny, don’t engage it. Goliath stood between David and his purpose, and David fought that battle. A few days earlier, David’s older brother, Eliab, belittled David in front of other soldiers, but David turned away. Had he gotten distracted by the offense and tried to set his brother straight, he would have missed fighting Goliath.
The mark of a champion is knowing what battles to fight and what battles to walk away from. Are you fighting battles that don’t matter, just trying to prove to people who you are, to set them straight? If you win, what have you accomplished? Are you closer to your destiny, or was it a distraction? When you learn to walk away from what doesn’t matter, you’ll have the strength, the favor, and the anointing to defeat what does matter.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
“Father, thank You that You are the Most High God, and You hold my destiny in Your hands. Give me wisdom to know when what is coming against me is simply a distraction that will get me off course. Help me to guard my lips and not get involved in battles that don’t matter. 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 6 July 2026