Joel Osteen Daily Devotional March 19, 2025 Message. Today’s Word With Joel & Victoria Osteen.
Joel Osteen Daily Devotional March 19, 2025 Wednesday TOPIC: When Someone Walks Away
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica….Only Luke is with me. – 2 Timothy 4:10–11, NIV
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TODAY’S WORD
Demas had been a trusted traveling companion of the apostle Paul, sharing in some of the hardships of his journeys. But Demas left Paul sitting in his prison cell and turned his back on the work they had been doing. There will be times when friends whom we’re counting on are going to disappoint us and walk away. It’s easy to get frustrated and discouraged by people who aren’t there for us when we think we need them.
Sometimes we end up spending our energies trying to win them over when they’re not going to be won over. But notice that Luke was still with Paul. You don’t need everyone you think you need. God has already ordained the right people to come into your life to help you reach your destiny.
When they’re the right people, you don’t have to play up to them, you don’t have to manipulate and try to convince them to stay. They’ll be for you through thick and thin. They’ll show up when you didn’t ask. They’ll encourage you when nobody else is around. God will send you divine connections.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
“Father, thank You for the people You’ve placed in my life to help me move to my destiny. Help me to not become dependent upon their approval or try to get my value from them. I declare that You have ordained divine connections for me just as You did for Paul. 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 Monday 19th March 2025)
