Joel Osteen Daily Devotional 9 April 2026 (Thursday) Message. Today’s Word With Joel & Victoria Osteen.
Joel Osteen Daily Devotional 9 April 2026 TOPIC: Patiently Waiting
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the fall and in the spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to ripen.
James 5:7, NLT
TODAY’S WORD
Are there some situations today that you need to be patient about and leave alone? You’re striving, trying to force something, living stressed, but nothing’s changing. Come back to a place of peace. Give yourself permission to rest. This takes all the pressure off. Say no to the urgency that makes you feel like it’s up to you to bring the rains, to make everything happen. No, God is in control. You keep honoring Him, being your best, and God will take care of those crops. He’ll bring the rains. He’ll bring the right people. He’ll open the right doors. He’ll turn your child around. He hasn’t brought you this far to leave you. Those dry seasons are not going to stop your harvest. They’re a distraction to try to steal your peace, to get you frustrated and impatient. Try a new strategy. Making everything work out is not your job. When your harvest is ready, all the forces of darkness cannot stop what God has for you. The reason it’s taking longer is because your harvest is going to supersede what you have in mind.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
“Father, thank You that everything You have for me will be released in my life at the right time. Thank You that I can wait with great expectancy for the harvest, knowing that You are working behind the scenes. Help me to be patient and know that You are always on schedule. 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 9 April 2026)