Everyday Favor: (Part 2)

With a few weeks passed have you thought about what we discussed last time together? 

Have you come to accept that Everyday Favor is something God wants for your life?

If you’re still not convinced let me share two more truths that might sway your thinking about this marvelous gift of Heavenly favor.

Need to catch-up? Read part 1 of Everyday Favor 

The Truth about God’s Favor

ü Realization #4: God’s favor is personalized.

When I say that the favor of God is personalized you might think that I mean He plays favorites … well, He does, in a way.  Let me explain.

Salvation by grace (the unmerited favor of God) isn’t just for some, but is open for anyone who will believe on Jesus, God’s Son.  In this sense God is not a respecter of persons where He will forgive some but not others.  

He will and does forgive anyone and everyone who repents of their sins and believes in Jesus.  This mercy, grace, undeserving favor is available to every person who will ever walk the face of this planet.

However, once an individual accepts or receives Christ into their heart through the prayer of repentance known as salvation, they must realize and accept that more favor of the Lord is theirs as a gift from God.  This is where it becomes personalized.

So many believe that grace is only for getting out of hell and fail to understand that Jesus didn’t die for Heaven’s sake but for theirs.  He said: 

"The thief (satan) comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they (believers in Him) may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows)." (John 10:10 AMPC)

Now how are we going to live or enjoy that abundant life He died for without some kind of favor on our lives? 

Unless a child of God believes that favor can be and is theirs through salvation as heirs, they will never experience the fullness of walking in God’s favor.  How can one receive favor if they don’t believe in it?

The same way someone receives salvation (by faith) is how they receive the benefits of God’s favor – by faith.  Psalm 103 has just a few of the spiritual benefits of salvation that we are not to forget, favor is among those precious gifts as Kingdom Kids.

Evidence of God’s favor can be seen by others and that’s the way God planned it so it will draw people close to Him.  Throughout the entire Bible we read of individuals who grew more and more in God’s favor, because they believe and received by faith what was promised to them personally.

For someone to receive favor they must understand that God doesn’t fulfill a personal “wish list” just because a person is a believer - on the contrary. 

What God has prepared for your life is personal. It’s yours alone and He has designed the kind of favor you will need to fulfill the call on your life.  Sometimes favor may look similar, but what you need will not exactly match up with someone else’s particular need. 

"And my God will liberally supply (fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus."

(Philippians 4:19 AMPC)

Doing a “personal” favor is exactly what God does when it comes to helping you reach your Divine destiny.  What He does for others, He will do for you if it is part of His design for your life. 

The more personal your relationship becomes with Jesus, the more you realize that everything is for Christ and all about Him.  As you grow closer to God favor will increase, because He knows you have a surrendered heart.

ü Realization #5: You have continual favor.

I think this is probably my “favor” - ite truth about God’s unmerited grace and favor. With thanksgiving I proclaim it every day of my life.

“For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; with favor You will

surround him/her as with a shield.” (Psalm 5:12 NKJV)

If you are a child of God’s you have been made righteous by Jesus not anything you did.  It’s the righteousness of Jesus which allows us to enjoy the Daily Favor of God that He received.

Are you a believer?  Then by faith you have a shield of Daily Favor surrounding you 24/7 – 365.  In other words, all the time.  Continually!

Jesus Our Everyday Favor Covering

When I began teaching on creation over twenty years ago, I explained that before the flood there was a crystalline shield or canopy that surrounded the planet.  

Simply put and without getting into major scientific details I used an example the class could relate to in this comparison.

One way to describe it is to look at the shell of a fresh egg.  It covers the contents inside as a protective barrier, however if it is broken the interior no longer is the same.

Sin caused God’s protective favor shield around our planet to be broken through a worldwide flood during Noah’s time.  Everything became vulnerable to destruction, but God provided a way of escape for believer’s (Noah’s family).  In order for them to be saved they had to enter through the ark door. 

For the New Testament believer, the Ark is a metaphor or “type” of Christ covering for the Church, whereas it was a means or door of salvation.  The Lord refers to this Himself in John 10:9a saying, 

"I am the Door; anyone who enters in through Me will be saved 

(will live eternally with Me in Heaven)."

Christians are covered with the continual Everyday Favor of salvation. It surrounds them as a shield would protect one from an enemy.  This grace is ours now and for eternity as a promise to those who believe and receive Christ.

After Noah’s family was safely inside the ark, GOD (Elohim) closed the door from the outside, pre-demonstrating that Jesus is the only doorway to God and Heaven. There is no other way to Heaven. All must enter through Him for access. (Genesis 6:16 and 7:16)

Are you ready to receive the favor that God planned for your life before your birth?  I hope that without any doubt you are convinced that Everyday Favor is 

a promise of truth for believers in Christ Jesus as Savior.

My prayer for you is that of the Apostle Peter’s as you come to understanding the truth about God’s favor.

“May God give you more and more grace (favor) and peace as you grow in your knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord.

By His Divine power, God has given us everything we need for

 living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know Him,  the one who called us to Himself by means of His marvelous glory and excellence.” (2 Peter 1:2-3)

Sing this with me ...

May You Grow in Grace

Until next time, believe in everyday favor!

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Everyday Favor: Part 1

The Truth about God’s Favor

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately … more than usual about God’s favor and why I (or we) have a right to ask for it.  

So much has been happening personally that my thoughts began to wander toward testing the Lord when it comes to His promises in the Bible concerning believers. 

It was during the time when my husband was recently in the hospital having another procedure done that I started questioning,

“How do we really know God is about to show His hand of favor on a situation?”

Then and There

While I was waiting for my husband I started writing for this blog three times and got nowhere.  At first the sentences started to flow, but then just stopped and made no sense. 

Instead of getting flustered I placed my pen on the table.  Closing my eyes, I leaned back against the wall trying to hear from the Lord.  Within a few minutes the doctor came in the room and said they were finished. 

Right then examples flooded my mind on how God showed us favor during this entire procedure that the subject of “Testing Favor” like I had originally planned to share was pushed to the back burner.  We’ll get to that another time, but not yet.

In order for us to understand the testing of favor there are some foundational truths that we need to know beforehand and accept if favor is to ever become a daily event in our lives.  For the next few weeks we’ll be studying some basics when it comes to the concept of God’s favor.

Researching the scriptures on what forces the hand of God toward giving favor to His children, I’d like to share with you some truths that could be revolutionary in changing the way you think of this gift of grace.

Everyday Favor

Let me begin with asking you this simple question.  How would you live if you knew God’s favor was always on your life?  I can answer that really quick.

Life would be pretty good, full of adventure knowing that I couldn’t fail at becoming successful.  Does that sound about right for you as well?  Sure it does, and why not? 

If you truly believed that God’s everyday “favor” aka grace card was always active, life would be amazing.  People would be lining up to tap their heavenly ATM (automatic teller machines) non-stop.

However, before anything can happen, believer’s in Christ must come to these realizations and accept them as truth for their own life.

Check to see if you truly believe in God’s everyday favor.

ü Realization #1: God’s grace is His favor.  This is the first truth about coming into salvation.  Without the grace of God there is no favor, because we would still be in our sin and hell bound.

  

“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.” (Ephesians 2:8 NKJV)

God’s favor is what actually saves us.  His grace is that He favors us, therefore, He extends favor so that grace can work in our lives to redeem us from destruction and eternal separation from Himself.  It is one of the benefits of being a child of God’s.

"Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul,
And forget not all (one of) His benefits:
³ Who forgives (every one of ) all your iniquities,
Who heals (each one of) all your diseases,
⁴ Who redeems your life from destruction (the pit of hell),
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies (compassion), ⁵ Who satisfies your mouth (your necessity and desire at your personal age and situation) with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s (strong, overcoming, soaring)."  (Psalm 103:1-5 AMPC)

Simply put, no one can be born again, saved and redeemed by the blood of Jesus without God’s favor.  The truth is, favor saved you.

ü Realization #2: Favor was pre-planned for you.

Did you know that before you were conceived God had already planned a way to bring favor into your life?  It’s true.  As a matter of fact, before the world was formed God’s provision for redemption was already factored into His good plan for your life.  

Why did God provide this kind of favor?  He loves you.  He always has and He always will.

Sin had caused a division in the relationship between man and his Creator.  The only way to repair the breach was to get rid of the sin, so the Divine plan to send Jesus was set into motion to redeem us while we were still in the middle of sinning. How compassionate is that?

“But God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die

for us while we were still sinners.” (Romans 5:8)

God already knew about every sin that you would commit in your entire life, yet still said He would forgive all of them if you only believed in Jesus as your Redeemer.  From the beginning blue print of life God chose and wanted you as part of His “forever” relationship, so He made a way to make that possible through salvation.

Giving sinners a way out of eternal separation from God is a source of favor that has to be received by the individual; no one can believe for anyone else.  It’s a personal thing between God and man/woman.

ü Realization #3: God’s favor changes every part of your life. 

"And He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together (giving us joint seating with Him) in the Heavenly sphere (by virtue of our being) in Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

He did this that He might clearly demonstrate through the ages to come the immeasurable (limitless, surpassing) riches of His free grace (His unmerited favor) in (His) kindness and goodness of heart toward us in Christ Jesus.”  (Ephesians 2:6-7 AMPC)

From the moment Christ becomes a part of your life through salvation, His favor begins to work in your spirit, soul and body.  Your life changes because you are an heir to an inheritance from the Heavenly Father through Christ Jesus that only God can provide.

Whether it is deliverance, safety, healing, financial or family, God supplies the need for favor according to His good plan that will affect your time here. 

Salvation through grace will get a person to Heaven, but believers need the favor of God here on earth.  Our lives are forever changed as we grow in grace (favor) and go from faith to faith in our walk with the Lord.  Now this is favor I can use every day!  What about you?

Continue on and read Everyday Favor: Part 2.

Until next time, find truth in everyday favor!

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Maybe you don’t know the Living God that I know but would like to have this kind of favor in your life also.  Click on the above tab “TellMe About Jesus” for more information on becoming a child of the Savior.

Note: Emphasis may be given in some scriptures to show clarity or understanding and is not to take away from the inspirited Word of God.

When used, the words satan or devil are not capitalized deliberately, because we give him no place in our lives.

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