The Most High God is going before you to fight your battles. You are stepping into a new season.

Gospel Corner

18/06/25

JOEL OSTEEN MINISTRIES
Today’s Word

Today’s Scripture
“The LORD your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes.”
Deuteronomy 1:30, NIV

He Will Fight for You
When God delivered the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, He fought their battles. When He parted the Red Sea, Pharaoh and all of his army knew the Lord was God. As did the Israelites, you may have things that have held you back for a long time. Every voice tells you, “It’s never going to change. You’ll never break the addiction, never get well, never get out of debt.” On your own that may be true. The obstacle is too big, too strong, more powerful. The good news is that the Most High God is going before you to fight your battles. You are stepping into a new season. He’s going to make things happen that you couldn’t make happen. You’re going to have a strength that you didn’t have. Things are going to fall into place. You didn’t have the connections, the odds were against you, but suddenly it’s going to turn around, suddenly you’re going to go to a new level, suddenly you’re going to break the addiction. How could this happen? God is going before you.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that You are the Almighty God who goes before me and fights for me. Thank You for all the great things You have done for me and for all the victories that You are about to bring me through. I believe that this is a new season of Your favor. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

SECTION TWO

When I was a student, I took on a part-time job in a factory that manufactured refrigerators. Like any teenager, I had just wanted to earn some extra pocket money.

It wasn’t a complicated job. I was part of an assembly line and all I had to do was use an electric drill to create an opening and to fasten a condenser securely onto the back of each refrigerator. I would be buzzing away on the power drill all day, earning my keep.

At that time, I had the habit of carrying a small booklet around with me. It was my little booklet of Bible memory verses, and I would read from it and speak the Word of God three times a day.

During that period, there was one particular verse in Psalm 91 that I would confess every day: “No evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling” (Ps. 91:10).

It was my daily confession in the morning before I left for work, and during my break times, my coworkers would see me sitting in some corner, confessing this verse. It was a very powerful revelation for me, and I really wanted His Word, and in particular this truth of God’s protection, to drop into my heart.

One day, as I was assembling yet another refrigerator, I lost control of the power drill. It somehow slipped out of my hands and the drill went straight toward my stomach.

Everything happened really quickly. The power drill, which was spinning at full force, hit my stomach . . . and it just bounced off.

Some of the workers there who saw what had happened ran over, concerned for me. It was then that I realized I was completely unharmed!

The only thing that came to mind at that moment was the Scripture I had been meditating on. That day, the verse, “No evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling” came alive for me.

I give thanks for the Lord’s divine protection over my life when I was a teenager. Don’t you just love our wonderful and beautiful Savior!

As you meditate on and declare His promises in His Word, I believe you’ll also see His saving and delivering power working on your behalf.