Go to Where God Is.

JOEL OSTEEN MINISTRIES
Today’s Word

Gospel Corner

22/04/25

Today’s Scripture
“You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’”
Mark 16:6–7, NIV

Go to Where God Is.
Mary Magdalene and two other women had gone to the tomb that Sunday morning to put perfume on Jesus’ body. They had heard Jesus say, “It is finished.” They had watched Jesus breathe His last breath. His lungs did not move again. He had no pulse. He was taken down from the cross and lain in a tomb. All the circumstances said it was over. But an angel met them at the tomb and said, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? Jesus is not here. He has risen!” The angel was saying, “Why are you going to where God was? You need to go to where God is.” What looked like an ending was only the beginning of something far greater.

When doors close, people walk away, or a dream doesn’t work out, don’t go by what it looks like. Don’t get stuck where God was; go to where God is. He’s doing a new thing you can’t see yet. That had to end, that door had to close, so you could go to the next level of victory, abundance, and favor.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that You are always going ahead in my life, lining up the next level, and You’re not in the past. Thank You that I don’t have to be stuck at the closed door or waiting for the person who walked away. I believe that what looks like an ending is only a fresh new start. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Something very unique and precious happens when you see that the Lord is with you. Trust the Lord to open your eyes to see Him in your situation, and the more you see Him, the more He manifests Himself.

If you are in the midst of committing to an important business agreement, I assure you that if you can see the Lord there with you, His wisdom will flow through you, and He will give you supernatural insight to locate any loopholes, details, or exit clauses that are missing from that contract that you are about to sign.

Once you involve Jesus and acknowledge His presence, you will sense Him intervening in any decision you are about to make, through the absence or presence of His peace. Sometimes, everything can appear to be in order on the surface, but somehow, you may sense a discomfort rising up in you every time you think about your decision. My advice to you would be to not rush into it.

You see, once you have involved the Lord, the lack of peace that you feel is often His leading to protect you. You can even be in the midst of an argument with your spouse, but the moment you become conscious of the Lord’s presence, your words will change.

Somehow, there will be a supernatural restraint that you know is not from yourself. That is also the Lord!

Beloved, it is important for you to eradicate the notion that the Lord is present to find fault with you. You may have been raised in an environment where your parents were constantly picking on your faults and pointing out your mistakes, but don’t project this characteristic onto the Lord.

God knows every idiosyncrasy about you, yet He loves you perfectly because He sees you through the lens of the cross, where His Son has removed every failing from your life. This means that even your current argument with your spouse is washed by the blood of Jesus.

The Lord’s presence is with you not to judge you or smack you on the head with a giant bat the moment you fail. No, my friend, His presence is with you to direct you, guide you, lead you into becoming more like Christ, and to make you a success in every endeavor you undertake.