The Favour of God

​Proverbs 12:2 (NOG): “A good person obtains favor from Yahweh...”
            We can’t do anything to earn God’s favour. It is His gift to us. Through the death and resurrection of Jesus, the barrier between God and man was torn down, enabling us to receive the favour of our heavenly Father. Like everything else in the Christian life, favour is activated by faith. If we don’t activate it, we won’t reap its benefits.
            In the following Scripture verses, I want to look at five of the benefits of God’s favour.

1. Favour produces restoration of what the enemy has stolen. “And the Lord gave the Israelis favor with the Egyptians, so that they gave them whatever they wanted. And the Egyptians were practically stripped of everything they owned!” (Exodus 12:36 TLB).
2. Favour can bring about prominence and preferential treatment, even for an orphan girl. “The king fell in love with Esther far more than with any of his other women or any of the other virgins—he was totally smitten by her. He placed a royal crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti” (Esther 2:17 MSG).

     3.     The favour of God can cause petitions to be granted, even by ungodly civil                authorities.

2 “ When he saw Queen Esther standing in the court, he was pleased with her and held out to her the gold scepter that was in his hand. So Esther approached and touched the tip of the scepter.
3 Then the king asked, “What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given you.”
4 “If it pleases the king,” replied Esther, “let the king, together with Haman, come today to a banquet I have prepared for him.”
5 “Bring Haman at once,” the king said, “so that we may do what Esther asks” (Esther 5: 2-5 NIV).

4.   Battles are won which you don’t have to fight, because God will fight them for you.
“For our fathers did not possess the land [of Canaan] by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them, But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence, Because You favored and delighted in them” (Psalm 44:3 AMP).

5.     Divine favour can produce supernatural increase and promotion, even in the midst of lack.
“Now there was famine in the land...Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the Lord blessed him. The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy.” (Genesis 26: 1, 12-13 NIV).

       God wants to give His children favour. Psalm 30:5 tells us His favour is for life. So let’s make 2025 the year we grab onto the Father’s promises and activate them by faith. Even when things don’t look like we want them to, we need to hang on. God's promises are ALL “Yes” and “Amen”.