How Divine Favour comes

Messages for January 2017: Our Month of Divine Favour

Message for Sunday the 15^th of January 2017

Theme: Understanding How Divine Favour works

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Introduction: last week we concluded the topic on how to recognize divine favour in our lives which we saw for two weeks running. From what we saw, divine favour is actually something to be much desired. For this reason, it behooves us to find out how it comes. This is what we shall be looking at today as God permits.

How Divine favour comes: We have earlier established that divine favour is not like any other type as it is only that which proceeds from God. This kind of favour is not what comes as a result of being charmed or being physically attractive as the bible makes us understand in Prov.31:30 that charm is deceptive and beauty is vain. Consequently, the kind of favour we are talking about transcends beauty and charm. How then does divine favour come? Divine favour can come to a person in the following ways:

1.     As a gift from God: In the story of Moses and God in the burning bush experience where God talked about favour with a man, He said he was going to give them favour with their captors to enable them to not go empty handed after four hundred years of servitude. See Ex.3:21 and 12:36.

2.     Favour is the heritage of the righteous: As the heritage of the righteous, favour is our birth right. In Ps.5:12 we are told that God blesses the righteous and encompasses them with favour as with a shield. There are two levels of righteousness namely the imputed one and the righteousness that is the result of living godly. Anyone who is born again is righteous as a gift from God. See 2Cor.5:21 on the other hand, people who do righteousness are said to be righteous. Living this way is safer because you are involved and can be intentional in pleasing God and doing His will or word. The advantage of living this way is that it positions you to enjoy the benefits of living in covenant with God which results in your getting blessed as God has promised in His word. See 1Jn.3:7, 10; Ps.1:1-3 and Jos.1:8.

3.     Obedience to God: When we are obedient to God, we enjoy his favour but if we are disobedient to Him, we incur his disfavor depending on the level of disobedience as viewed by God. As favoured as David was with God, his disobedience cost him peace in his house forever as well as reduce the ambit of his influence in time to come after his reign. See 2Sam.12:9-13. The conflict between Cain and Abel was also a result of the obedience of Abel and the disobedience of Cain. God tried to warn Cain so as to not allow him sin further but he would not listen. See Gen.4:1-16; Gen.26:2-6, 12-14 and Heb.11:4.

4.     Good understanding: To have good understanding is the same as living a godly life. Those who live godly procure divine favour. See Prov.13:15; Job 28:28 and Ps.111:10.

5.     Love for God: God longs for this from his star creation – man. Since the rebellion of Adam, man has gone his way over and over again and this gives God a lot of concern for man as man is really not alive without God. God is our source and staying connected to Him is the key to true living. When God finds a man who would truly love Him and stay connected to Him, God prizes that man highly. This is why men like Apostle Paul walked in such light that they walked in. David was acclaimed a man after God’s heart and it has earned him an eternal legacy. David was able to foretell things not revealed to many prophets who were his contemporaries. He was anointed a king, but because of his affection for God, he also operated the office of the priest and prophet. See 1Cor.2:9-16; Mt.22:36-38 and Jn.14:20-21.

6.     Acceptable Kingdom Service: In the Kingdom of God, not every service rendered is acceptable. If we render acceptable service to God, then one of the peps we would receive in return is divine favour. See Heb.12:28; Acts 20:24 and Ex.23:25-26.

7.     A lifestyle of Gratitude and Praise: This is something God finds very attractive. In Ps.33:1 we learn that praise looks good on the upright. In other word, praise makes the upright attractive. When God finds a person attractive, He is drawn to you and blesses the person and the magnet that tracts the blessing to the person is His favour. See also Ps.147:1. On the other hand, God hates murmuring and complaining. People like this weary God and he is put off from them. This is what prevented many who left Egypt for the Promised Land from entering in. see 1Cor.10:1-11.

We shall stop here today for want of time. We shall continue next week by God’s grace looking at the benefits of Divine favour. Meanwhile if you are reading this and are yet to make a decision for Christ, this is your opportunity so that you can become the righteousness of God in Christ and therefore entitled to divine favour. Should you desire to make this decision, you can do so right away by saying the following prayer out loud in faith and you will be born again and become a member of God’s family and therefore entitled to His favour:

Heavenly Father,

Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.

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