It Takes The Presence Of The Lord To Keep You Free From Worry.

04/02/25

Gospel Corner

JOEL OSTEEN MINISTRIES
Today’s Word

Today’s Scripture
But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 3:18, NKJV

Don’t Get Stuck
It’s so encouraging to know that God is transforming us from glory to glory. But we have to realize that one level of glory may come to an end in a way we don’t expect, so we will take the next step into the greater glory. When God is positioning you for the new things He’s about to do, it might require a door to shut, a loss that feels painful, a boss to keep passing over you for a promotion. Don’t get stuck looking back, trying to figure it out. “Why didn’t it work out? Why did they treat me this way? Why did my business slow down?” Just keep moving forward, honoring God, knowing that it was a necessary ending, that God wouldn’t have stopped it if He didn’t have something better coming.

Are you fighting endings, bitter over what God stopped, discouraged over what didn’t last? What if you knew that it had to happen to get you to step into your next level of glory? What if what looks like a bad break is God leading you into the fullness of your destiny?

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for the promise that You are transforming me from glory to glory. Thank You that the steps by which You take me from one level to another are for You alone to decide. I will keep moving forward and honoring You no matter what comes my way. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

No matter where you are, the Lord is with you. Even in the midst of your fears, while you are alone in your room, He is there with you.

The moment you begin to be aware of His presence and cultivate His presence, all your fears, anxieties, and worries will melt like butter on a hot day, or as the psalmist David puts it, “The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD.”

You cannot psych yourself out of fear nor can you psych yourself out of worry. You can’t just tell yourself, “Come on, stop worrying. There is nothing to worry about.” It just doesn’t work.

The debt will still be staring you in your face and your problems will still be as insurmountable as ever no matter how hard you try to psych yourself up. That is what the world is trying to do, but it does not work. It takes the presence of the Lord to keep you free from worry.

Jesus is not asking you to psych yourself up and live in a state of denial. No way! He is saying to you, “In the midst of your affliction, I am your shield. I am your defender. I am your fortress. I am your refuge. I am your supply. I am your healing. I am your provider. I am your peace. I am your joy. I am your wisdom. I am your strength. I am the glory and the lifter of your head” (Ps. 3:3)!

He is not asking you to pretend that the facts are not there. He wants you to realize that HE IS THERE WITH YOU!

When you know that He is with you and for you, and you put your problems in His mighty hands, you will begin to get a more accurate evaluation of just how “big” your problems are. When they were in your hands, the weight and burden of your problems may have crushed you. But when you involve Jesus, the once-monumental problems become microscopic against the largeness of His love and goodness toward you!

Today, as you consider all that you need to do and the expectations placed on you, see Jesus there with you. He is your supply, wisdom, peace, and strength.

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