Day 12 of 500. TheNewAndLivingWay.com Favor. “For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; with favor You will surround him as with a shield.” Psalm 5:12
“The favor of God!” My dear old friend and mentor Pastor Hearne would declare when a good parking spot would be open. He was not using the Lord’s Name in vain, he was sincere. He found joy in the smallest things in life, because he realized that to God there are no small things in the lives of His children.
“You fathers—if your children ask for a fish, do you give them a snake instead? Or if they ask for an egg, do you give them a scorpion? Of course not! So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him.” Luke 11:11-13
“For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does He withhold from those whose walk is blameless.” Psalm 84:11
“No good thing” will He withhold! Be it as seemingly insignificant as a fish or an egg or as immeasurable as the Holy Spirit, God as a Good Father knows that ALL the needs of His children bring Him joy when He sees them met. He is pleased when in our hunger we are fed, He rejoices when in our time of need we call upon The Comforter, His Holy Spirit, and I bet He even smiles when we acknowledge His favor in the simple act of providing us a good parking spot.
“You have granted me life and favor, and Your care has preserved my spirit.” Job 10:12
Life, favor and spirit. Job had lost everything. But yet he knew that all he lost was initially granted at the favor of God. So also it was taken only in God’s favor. And ultimately it was restored many times over, again as a sign of the favor of God. Life, favor and spirit never left Job, have you let them slip from you?
Do you need to see the favor of God in your life? I know that I do. If so we must do two things:
“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:6
First, Believe that He is!!
Second, Diligently seek Him!!
Remember believing and seeking are continual action verbs, not something done just once in the past. I need His favor every day, all day.
How about you, do you need His favor? God is not a liar; by His own Word, by acting on our believe, diligently seeking Him, we have and will continue to find favor!!
Your Most Favored Friend,
Billy