It’s God’s deep love for us that sustains us through our trials. On this episode of Enjoying Everyday Life, Joyce Meyer shares encouraging insights from her book Unshakeable Trust.

WELL, HOW MANY
OF YOU ARE GOING THROUGH

SOMETHING PRETTY DIFFICULT RIGHT
NOW IN YOUR LIFE, SOMETHING THAT

YOU ARE REALLY NEEDING TO TRUST
GOD ABOUT, AMEN?

YOU KNOW, WE TRUST GOD
FOR THINGS THAT WE WANT,

WHICH WE ALL DO.

BUT WE ALSO TRUST GOD WHEN WE’RE
GOING THROUGH THINGS, AND IT’S

THAT TRUSTING HIM THAT ALLOWS US
TO GO AHEAD AND ENJOY OUR LIVES

EVEN WHILE WE DON’T YET HAVE
EVERYTHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE

TO HAVE.

SEE, PART OF THE BEAUTY OF BEING
A BELIEVER IS THAT YOU CAN HAVE

A PROBLEM AND STILL ENJOY
YOUR LIFE.

YOU CAN HAVE A PROBLEM
AND STILL HAVE PEACE.

JESUS SAID, “MY PEACE I LEAVE
WITH YOU, NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES

DO I GIVE UNTO YOU,
BUT MY OWN SPECIAL PEACE

I GIVE TO YOU.”
AND THEN HE SAYS, “SO, STOP

ALLOWING YOURSELVES
TO BE UPSET AND DISTURBED.”

WELL, HE HAS A RESPONSIBILITY
AND WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY.

YOU KNOW, READING IS
SO GOOD.

HOW MANY OF YOU TRY TO DO
A LITTLE BIT OF READING

ON A REGULAR BASIS?

YOU KNOW, I’VE BEEN ENCOURAGING
PEOPLE, EVEN IF YOU JUST TAKE

YOU KNOW, I’VE BEEN ENCOURAGING
PEOPLE, EVEN IF YOU JUST TAKE

30 MINUTES A DAY AND READ,
YOU’LL BE AMAZED

HOW MUCH YOU WILL LEARN
OVER A ONE-YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.

AND IT DOESN’T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE
SOMETHING BRAND-NEW

THAT YOU’RE LEARNING.

A LOT OF TIMES, IT CAN JUST BE
BEING REFRESHED IN SOMETHING

THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW.

I’M SURE THAT TODAY IS NOT GONNA
BE THE FIRST MESSAGE

THAT YOU’VE EVER HEARD
ON TRUSTING GOD, BUT THAT

DOESN’T MEAN THAT WE DON’T NEED
TO HEAR IT AGAIN, AND AGAIN,

AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN.

AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN.

AND I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE,
“IF YOU DON’T WANNA HEAR

WHAT I HAVE TO SAY TODAY,
I’LL BE HAPPY TO TALK TO MYSELF

BECAUSE I NEED ALL OF IT
ON A REGULAR BASIS.”

AMEN?

SO, WE’RE GONNA GET STARTED.

1 PETER CHAPTER 2, VERSE 23.

I ACTUALLY HAVE THIS SCRIPTURE
ON A SIGN, AND IT’S HANGING

ON MY OFFICE WALL,
THAT’S HOW MUCH I LIKE IT.

“WHEN HE WAS REVILED
AND INSULTED, HE DID NOT REVILE

OR OFFER INSULT IN RETURN;
[WHEN] HE WAS ABUSED

AND SUFFERED, HE MADE NO THREATS
[OF VENGEANCE]; BUT HE TRUSTED

[HIMSELF AND EVERYTHING]TO HIM
WHO JUDGES FAIRLY.”

JUST IMAGINE HOW AMAZING LIFE
WOULD BE IF WE COULD TRUST GOD

ALL THE TIME IN EVERYTHING,
ALL THE TIME IN EVERYTHING.

WELL, JESUS WAS PROBABLY
MISTREATED MORE THAN ANY PERSON

ON EARTH HAS EVER BEEN
MISTREATED, AND YET, HE DIDN’T

REALLY TROUBLE HIMSELF ABOUT IT
BECAUSE HE TRUSTED GOD TO BE

HIS VINDICATOR AND TO BRING
JUSTICE IN HIS LIFE.

ONE OF THE CHARACTER TRAITS
ABOUT GOD THAT I LOVE THE MOST

IS THAT THE BIBLE SAYS HE IS
A GOD OF JUSTICE.

YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?

HE MAKES
EVERY WRONG THING RIGHT.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN MISTREATED
BY SOMEBODY?

EVER BEEN–OH, MAYBE YOU’RE
WORKING REAL HARD AT WORK,

BUT YOU’RE THE ONE THAT
ALWAYS GETS LOOKED OVER

FOR THE PROMOTION.

YOU DON’T GET THE PAY RAISES
THAT YOU SHOULD GET, AND MAYBE

SOMEBODY ELSE THAT’S NOT WORKING
NEARLY AS HARD AS YOU SEEMS

TO GET ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU
FEEL LIKE YOU DESERVE.

HAS THAT EVER HAPPENED
TO ANYBODY?

NO?

IT HAPPENED TO ME.

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]

JOYCE: YOU KNOW WHAT?

THOSE ARE THE GREAT TIMES
TO SAY, “GOD, I’M GOING TO TRUST

YOU TO BE MY VINDICATOR.”
IF WE CAN TRUST GOD TO GET

TO US WHAT HE WANTS US TO HAVE,
INSTEAD OF LOOKING TO PEOPLE

TO GIVE US WHAT WE WANT,
LIFE IS GONNA GET A LOT BETTER.

IF YOU’VE GOT YOUR EYES
ON SOMEBODY ELSE AND YOU’RE

EXPECTING THEM TO GIVE YOU WHAT
YOU WANT, YOU NEED TO GET ‘EM

OFF THAT PERSON TODAY, AND YOU
NEED TO GET ‘EM ON GOD.

AMEN?

BECAUSE GOD IS THE ONLY ONE
THAT CAN GIVE US TRUE PROMOTION

IN OUR LIVES.

“WHEN HE WAS REVILED
AND INSULTED, HE DID NOT REVILE

OR OFFER INSULT IN RETURN.”
WHEN HE WAS MISTREATED, WHEN HE

WAS ABUSED, WHEN PEOPLE TREATED
HIM WRONG, INSTEAD OF GETTING

ALL UPSET, AND TRYING TO GET
THEM BACK, AND MAKING HIS OWN

PLAN ABOUT HOW HE WAS GOING
TO HANDLE THINGS, HE TRUSTED

HIMSELF AND EVERYTHING
TO HIM WHO JUDGES FAIRLY.

NOW, IF YOU WATCH MY TV PROGRAM
OR IF YOU’VE READ MANY

OF MY BOOKS OR ANY OF MY BOOKS,
YOU KNOW THAT I WAS ABUSED

BY MY DAD WHEN I WAS A CHILD.

AND ALTHOUGH MY MOTHER KNEW
ABOUT IT BECAUSE ONE TIME SHE

CAUGHT HIM, ONE TIME I TOLD HER,
SHE DIDN’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT

BECAUSE SHE LIVED
IN ABSOLUTE FEAR.

SO, I WAS ABUSED BY MY DAD,
ABANDONED BY MY MOTHER,

AND REALLY, REALLY MISTREATED
IN THE EARLY YEARS OF MY LIFE.

NOBODY SHOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH
THE KINDS OF THINGS

THAT MANY OF US DO GO THROUGH
IN OUR LIVES.

AND I MARRIED THE FIRST GUY
THAT CAME ALONG BECAUSE I

THOUGHT NOBODY WOULD EVER WANT
ME, AND THEN HE RAN AROUND

WITH OTHER WOMEN, AND HE WAS
A PETTY THIEF, AND SO

THE FIRST 23 YEARS OF MY LIFE,
I DIDN’T KNOW MUCH BUT PAIN

AND MISTREATMENT.

WELL, I CAME OUT OF THAT BITTER,
AND RESENTFUL, AND BLAMING.

AND ALTHOUGH I WAS A CHRISTIAN,
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE A CHRISTIAN

AND STILL HAVE ALL THOSE BAD
ATTITUDES AND ALL THOSE THINGS

ROLLING AROUND IN YOU
THAT DON’T NEED

TO BE ROLLING AROUND IN YOU.

SO, WE DON’T WANT TO JUST TRUST
GOD TO GO TO HEAVEN SOMEDAY

WHEN WE DIE.

CHRISTIANITY IS ABOUT
A LOT MORE THAN THAT.

WE WANT TO TRUST GOD
FOR EVERYTHING IN OUR LIVES,

ALL THE TIME.

AMEN?

TRUST HIM FOR EVERYTHING
ALL THE TIME.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
WANT TO TRUST GOD FOR IS TO BE

OUR VINDICATOR, TO TAKE WRONG
THINGS AND MAKE THEM RIGHT.

WELL, WHEN I FINALLY FOUND THAT
OUT AND I STARTED REALLY

TRUSTING GOD TO VINDICATE ME,
I DON’T HAVE TIME TO TELL YOU

ALL THE STORIES, BUT IT’S
AMAZING THE THINGS THAT GOD

HAS DONE FOR ME IN MY LIFE,
AND THE POSITIONS THAT HE

HAS PUT ME IN, THE INFLUENCE
HE HAS ALLOWED ME TO HAVE.

AND I KNOW THAT I KNOW
THAT ONLY GOD COULD DO IT.

AND I’LL TELL YOU,
IF YOU WILL–NOW, LISTEN

TO WHAT I’M GOING TO SAY.

IF YOU WILL STOP TRYING SO HARD
TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF,

AND STOP TRYING SO HARD
TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET

WHAT’S DUE YOU, AND STOP
BEING MAD AT EVERYBODY

WHO’S NOT GIVING YOU WHAT YOU
WANT, AND YOU GIVE GOD A CHANCE,

YOU WILL BE AMAZED AT WHAT GOD
WILL DO IN YOUR LIFE.

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,
GOD CAN GIVE YOU FAVOR AND PUT

YOU PLACES WHERE NO MAN CAN
EVER PUT YOU AND WHERE YOU

CERTAINLY COULD NOT PUT YOU.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: RIGHT?

SO, ANY TIME THAT SOMEBODY
MISTREATS YOU, THE FIRST THING

YOU WANT TO DO IS SAY,
“GOD, I REFUSE TO BE MAD AT THEM

BECAUSE THAT’S ONLY GOING
TO STEAL MY LIFE, BUT I AM GOING

TO TRUST YOU TO BRING JUSTICE
INTO MY LIFE.”

IN ISAIAH 61, VERSES 7 AND 8,
SOME OF THE SCRIPTURES THAT

I HELD ON TO FOR MANY YEARS,
THAT REALLY BROUGHT ME THROUGH

A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT
I WENT THROUGH.

“INSTEAD OF YOUR [FORMER] SHAME,
YOU’LL HAVE A TWOFOLD REWARD.

INSTEAD OF DISHONOR
AND REPROACH [YOUR PEOPLE]

SHALL REJOICE IN THEIR PORTION.

THEREFORE IN THEIR LAND THEY
SHALL POSSESS DOUBLE [WHAT THEY

FORFEITED]; AND EVERLASTING JOY
SHALL BE THEIRS.”

YOU KNOW, WHEN THE ENEMY COMES
AGAINST YOU ONE WAY, THE BIBLE

SAYS HE HAS TO FLEE BEFORE YOU
SEVEN WAYS.

WHAT MAN TAKES AWAY FROM YOU,
GOD WILL GIVE YOU BACK DOUBLE

AND MORE IF YOU PUT YOUR TRUST
IN HIM.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE BUILDING
TODAY THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE

DOUBLE FOR YOUR TROUBLE?

[AUDIENCE CHEERING]

JOYCE: GOD IS A REWARDER.

HE’S NOT A PUNISHER.

GOD IS A REWARDER, THE REWARDER
OF THOSE WHO DILIGENTLY

SEEK HIM.

SO, WHEN YOU GET YOUR EYES OFF
OF WHAT EVERYBODY HAS DONE

TO YOU AND YOU GET YOUR EYES
ON WHAT GOD CAN DO FOR YOU,

HE BECOMES YOUR REWARDER,
AND YOU WILL BE AMAZED

AT ALL THE THINGS THAT GOD
WILL DO FOR YOU.

GOD HAS–HE’S GIVEN ME
A POSITION, MANY TIMES,

IN THE MIDST OF MEN.

I WAS THE FIRST AND THE ONLY
WOMAN THAT EVER SAT ON THE BOARD

OF OUR CHURCH, AND THIS WAS WHEN
I WAS IN A LARGE DENOMINATIONAL

CHURCH WHERE WOMEN DIDN’T REALLY
DO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

AND I FOUND THAT OVER AND OVER
IN MY LIFE, I’LL BE DOING

THESE THINGS WHERE I’M
THE ONLY WOMAN DOING IT,

AND I ASKED GOD ONE TIME,
“HOW DO I END UP

IN THESE POSITIONS
ALL THE TIME?”

AND YOU KNOW WHAT HE PUT
IN MY HEART?

“MEN ABUSED YOU, AND I WILL
ALWAYS GIVE YOU A PLACE OF HONOR

AMONG MEN.”

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: AND SEE, I’M GLAD
YOU’RE HAPPY FOR ME, BUT I WANT

THE SAME THING TO HAPPEN TO YOU.

I’M NOT HERE TODAY JUST TO TELL
YOU MY GREAT STORY OF SUCCESS,

BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT GOD
IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS.

AND WHAT HE DOES FOR ONE PERSON,
HE WILL DO FOR ANOTHER,

BUT IT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN
IF WE DON’T TRUST HIM.

TRUST HIM.

AND TRUSTING GOD MEANS THAT WE
STOP TRYING TO MAKE THINGS

HAPPEN OURSELVES AND WE WAIT
ON GOD.

HOW MANY LOVE WAITING?

WE WAIT ON GOD, IT’S A PAINFUL
WORD EVEN TO SAY IT.

AND GOD DOESN’T DO IT WHEN WE’D
LIKE HIM TO OR THE WAY WE’D LIKE

HIM TO, BUT I CAN PROMISE YOU
TODAY IF YOU WILL KEEP YOUR EYES

ON GOD AND TRUST HIM TO BE
YOUR RECOMPENSE,

AND TO BE YOUR REWARD,
AND TO BE YOUR VINDICATOR,

YOU WILL BE GET DOUBLE BLESSINGS
FOR YOUR FORMER TROUBLE.

AMEN?

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: HOW MANY OF YOU
FEEL LIKE THAT–

WELL, LET’S PUT IT LIKE THIS.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU’VE BEEN HURT,
THERE’S A FEELING THERE THAT,

“WELL, SOMEBODY OWES ME.

I’M DUE SOMETHING.

I WANT TO BE PAID BACK.”
YOU EVER FELT THAT?

IT’S LIKE–AND SO, IF WE’RE NOT
CAREFUL, WE CAN GO THROUGH LIFE

WITH THIS LITTLE CHIP
ON OUR SHOULDER.

YOU’RE LIKE, “WELL, THE WORLD
OWES ME SOMETHING.”

BUT THE THING THAT WE DO THAT
IS A MISTAKE MANY TIMES

IS WE’RE TRYING TO COLLECT
FROM PEOPLE THAT CAN’T PAY US.

I DID THAT FOR A LONG TIME.

BECAUSE MEN HAD MISTREATED ME,
I WAS TRYING TO COLLECT

FROM ALL THE REST OF THE MEN
IN THE WORLD.

AND SO, I HAD AN ATTITUDE
TOWARD MEN THAT WASN’T HEALTHY.

AND EVEN WHEN DAVE AND I GOT
MARRIED, AND HE WAS A WONDERFUL

HUSBAND, I HAD BEEN HURT
BY SO MANY MEN THAT I JUST HAD

AN ATTITUDE, AND I WAS TRYING
TO GET DAVE TO PAY ME BACK

FOR WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE
HAD TAKEN AWAY FROM ME.

IN MATTHEW 18 SAYS THAT WHEN
THE GUY WAS TRYING TO GET

THE PERSON WHO OWED THEM
THE MONEY TO PAY HIM BACK,

THE BIBLE SAYS,
“AND HE COULD NOT PAY.

AND HE COULD NOT PAY.”
AND BOY, WHEN I GOT AHOLD

OF THAT, I THOUGHT,
“PEOPLE CAN’T PAY ME BACK.

NOBODY CAN PAY ME BACK
FOR THE CHILDHOOD

THAT MY FATHER STOLE FROM ME.

I CAN NEVER GO BACK AND DO
THAT CHILDHOOD OVER.”

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

GOD CAN MAKE ME HAVE
SUCH A WONDERFUL LIFE IN MY

40s, AND 50s, AND 60s, AND
70s WHERE I’M AT NOW.

[AUDIENCE CHEERING]

JOYCE: IS ANYBODY HERE READY
TO LET GOD PAY YOU BACK?

ALL RIGHT, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?

THEN YOU HAVE TO DO THINGS
GOD’S WAY AND NOT MAN’S WAY.