The word for today is - Favor !

Good morning,

The word for today is - Favor !

 

We need to understand that , some people have “favor with God” and “favor before God”. Read Psalm 90:17,And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.  Also, read Psalm 5:12, For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. Did you get that? its the hand of God that gives the righteous favor.There is an appointed time for favor. Read Psalm 102:13, Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. Now, read the story of Esther 2:15-18,Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her. So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king. Did you understand that Esther had not ask for anything, she was giving divine favor in the sight of the king. The best story in the Bible about favor working in someone’s life is Joseph. Everything started off bad with Joseph. Although he was the favorite son of his father, his brothers hated him. They sold him as a slave. You see favor does not flow from heaven to others so that they look upon you with kindness, its in you. "So why did Joseph have so much favor with people?" Listen carefully, the reason Joseph had favor with people was because of his Spirit was right. Favor flows from your spirit to others, favor is not luck, its from the heart ,that is why Joseph had favor with other people. Joseph had a good spirit about him. This is why God gave him favor with so many people. He had reasons to become bitter, but he ignored them and chose to forgive people. He even forgave his brothers.The Bible tells us about Mary, she was highly favored.Why was Mary so highly favored? Mary’s spirit was full of praise, not complaints or bitterness. She said, "My spirit rejoices in God."  Read Luke 1:46-48, And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Favor works through a person who has a rejoicing spirit.Thank you Lord for your word. Amen !