The Favor of God, Part 7

Friday, July 17, 2009, The Favor of God, Part 7

People who are highly favored are those who expect good things to happen to them rather than bad things. They speak favor, especially in difficult situations, when it looks like everything may go against them and be impossible to turn around. God delights to “show up big” in these impossible situations. He is a God Who is more than enough.

When we look in the Old Testament, we find people who were highly favored by God in impossible situations. How about Daniel in the lion’s den or the three Hebrew children in the fiery furnace or Joseph in Egypt or the Israelites when they left Egypt? In every one of these impossible situations, God showed them the way out of their predicaments. He truly is a good God. He is no respecter of persons. What He did for one, He will do for all. Just as God brought these people into success, so He will bring us into success. What we must do is trust Him and believe that He is for us and not against us. We must believe Him. We must believe that He desires to do good things for us. In fact, we are assured in Isaiah 54:17 that no weapon formed against us will prosper.

Favor brings us victory and gives us a victorious attitude. Victory must be in the Lord and not in our surroundings. God can and will change any surrounding. What we must do is let Him do His job. Meanwhile, we stay happy and confess favor. We live excited. We expect miracles to flow every day. We live in the realm of victory and success with our thoughts and our words. We expect to win in every adversity. We know that we have authority over circumstances that seem to be controlling our life, because God is with us and highly favors us. We expect that circumstances will change in the name of Jesus, as we speak God’s Word and apply the blood of Jesus to our lives.

Favor turns every adversity into victory because of God’s favor upon us. We can either wrestle in own strength and work or rest in God’s favor, which wins battles. We will rise to the top because of favor. Favor enables us to take possession of what is rightfully yours.

Once you realize that you have favor with God and man, you must make the decision that you will live the rest of your life favored in everything. Believe it and expect it. ALWAYS expect good things. Even when it looks like things aren’t going good for you, confess favor and God’s goodness is your portion. When bad things come your way, let God turn them to good by your attitude of gratitude and confession of favor. Put up a detour sign. No bad stuff allowed here.

Learn to live, to move in God’s love and in His favor, even when circumstances look like they are not changing. Trust God in what He is doing and don’t look to what is going on around you. Keep a good attitude, REGARDLESS. Create your own circumstances within circumstances by entering into the presence of the Lord and staying in that attitude.

When adverse circumstances hit you, REJOICE. God is moving you where He wants you to be. Let Him do His work. Meanwhile, confess favor and rejoice; put on a happy attitude. Rejoice your way to victory. REFUSE to let circumstances dictate your life. God is the one Who is to determine your life, not your circumstances. Expect victory. Put on an overcoming attitude. You are an overcomer and not one who is under it all. Your victory is in Jesus!