Joel Osteen Daily Devotional (February 22, 2025) Today’s Word With Joel & Victoria Osteen, Saturday Message
Joel Osteen Daily Devotional (February 22, 2025) TOPIC: The Waiting Period
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
And patience develops strength of character in us and helps us trust God more each time we use it until finally our hope and faith are strong and steady.
Romans 5:4, TLB
TODAY’S WORD
While you’re waiting for God to answer your prayers or see a promise fulfilled, there will be plenty of tests. When it’s taking a long time, it’s because what God has for you is going to be better than you thought, more rewarding, more fulfilling. Don’t despise the waiting period. God knows what’s best for us.
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Sometimes we’re waiting because another person who’s involved is not ready. Or we’re waiting because God is getting us prepared to handle the weight of blessing. It’s going to be a big blessing, but it’s going to require greater maturity, greater strength of character. We all want everything fast, but God knows when the right time is.
You have to trust God’s timing. If it hasn’t happened yet, it hasn’t been the right time. But when God is ready, all the forces of darkness cannot hold Him back. The key is patient believing when every circumstance says there’s no way. When you do that, God says you will receive all that He promised—not some of it, not most of it, but the fullness of the blessing.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
“Father, thank You that Your power to strengthen me in times of difficulty is greater than the greatest force that can ever come against me. Thank You that I can patiently believe through the waiting periods. I believe that I am more than a conqueror and will overcome this. 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 Devotional 22 February 2025)
