DON’T WORRY ABOUT THE BOSS WHO’S NOT GIVING YOU CREDIT. YOU’RE NOT WORKING UNTO PEOPLE. YOU’RE WORKING UNTO GOD, AND HE IS KEEPING THE RECORDS. PERHAPS INSTEAD OF YOU WORKING FOR THAT BOSS, ONE DAY THAT BOSS MAY BE WORKING FOR YOU.

30/10/24

GOSPEL CORNER

JOEL OSTEEN MINISTRIES
TODAY’S WORD

Today’s Scripture
So Haman…robed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city streets, proclaiming before him, “This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!”
Esther 6:11, NIV

LET GOD DO IT
In the book of Esther, a powerful Persian official named Haman tried to push down Mordecai, who was Esther’s cousin. He disrespected Mordecai, tried to make him look bad, then plotted to execute him. But one day the king told Haman to put a royal robe on Mordecai, march him through the streets, and announce to everyone what a great man Mordecai was. Out of all the people the king could have chosen, he specifically chose Haman to honor Mordecai, the very person who was against him.

When someone treats you badly, that’s what can happen when you let God vindicate you. Don’t worry about the boss who’s not giving you credit. You’re not working unto people. You’re working unto God, and He is keeping the records. Perhaps instead of you working for that boss, one day that boss may be working for you. Stay in peace. If you let God vindicate you His way, it will be bigger, sweeter, more rewarding, and more honoring than you can imagine. He will make sure you get exactly what you deserve.

A PRAYER FOR TODAY
“Father, thank You that You are still on the throne and You are my vindicator when I am treated badly. Thank You that You can bring me out of difficulties better off than I was before they showed up. I am going to stay in peace and let You vindicate me Your way. In Jesus’ Name, Amen

SECTION TWO

David is a wonderful example of someone who talked to the Lord and practiced His presence all the time. Even as a young teenager taking care of his father’s sheep in the fields, he would be singing psalms and hymns to the Lord and playing his harp.

In 1 Samuel 16, the Bible records that King Saul was very unsettled, and his servants told him that he was being troubled by a distressing spirit. They then advised him to bring David before him to play the harp for him, saying that evil spirits departed when David played the harp.

One of the servants gave a glowing description of David as someone “who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and the LORD is with him.” Do you know why David could cause Saul to become refreshed just by playing his harp? Do you know why David could have such accolades heaped upon him? I believe that the key is in the last part of the verse: “the LORD is with him.”

A few years after Wendy and I got married, an incident happened that I will never forget. I was on my way home one day and I had stepped into a cramped elevator. A group of ladies squeezed into the same elevator with me and their perfumes were overpowering!

Anyway, almost dizzy from near-suffocation, I got home and greeted Wendy with a kiss. She looked at me and remarked that she smelled a familiar female fragrance on me. To clear the air (literally), I told her about my encounter earlier with the ladies in the elevator. And that’s why, my friend, it’s so important to have trust in your marriage!

I am sure that you have experienced something similar before. Have you ever been in a room filled with cigarette smoke? You may not smoke, but your hair and clothes will smell of smoke even after you have left the room.

In the same way, you cannot be in the presence of the Lord without His glory, His majesty, His beauty, His power, His love, and His peace rubbing off on you. You begin to “smell” like Jesus, be powerful like Him, and be filled with peace like Him!

No wonder Acts 4:13 records this about Peter and John: “Now when they [the rulers and elders of Israel] saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.”

Beloved, choose to prioritize the presence of the Lord wherever you are. You will experience the undeniable evidence of His presence in your life.