Joyce Meyer Daily Devotional August 1, 2022
TOPIC: He Will Tell You What’s Ahead
Today’s Scripture: …He will announce and declare to you the things that are to come [that will happen in the future]. – John 16:13 (AMPC)
Joyce Meyer Daily Devotional August 1, 2022 MESSAGE
One of the many benefits of hearing from God is that listening to His voice helps us prepare for the future. The Holy Spirit gives us the messages the Father gives to Him, and He often tells us things that will happen in the future.
We find many instances in the Bible in which God spoke to people and gave them
information about the future. He told Noah to prepare for a flood that would come to
destroy the people of the earth (see Genesis 6:13-17). He told Moses to go to Pharaoh and ask for the release of the Israelites and that Pharaoh would not grant this request (see Exodus 7).
Obviously, God does not tell us everything that will happen in the future, but His Word
promises He will tell us some things. There are times when I sense that something good, or perhaps something challenging, is going to happen.
When a challenge awaits me and I have some prior knowledge of it, that knowledge helps to cushion the blow when a difficult situation comes. If an automobile with good shock absorbers hits a pothole, those absorbers protect passengers in the car from the jarring impact that would result, and no one gets hurt.
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God’s giving us information ahead of time Works the same way. Part of the Holy Spirit’s ministry is to tell us things to come. He knows the mind of God and He knows God’s individual plans for our lives. He will reveal what we need to know when we need to know it in order to fulfill the good plans God has for us.
Prayer Starter: God, I know I can’t know everything that’s going to happen in my
life ahead of time, but I thank You for the things You do let me know when I need
to know it. In the meantime, thank You for always being with me, no matter what,
amen.
