Recognizing Divine Favour Pt.2

Messages for January 2017: Our Month of Divine Favour

Message for Sunday the 8^th of January 2017

Theme: Understanding How Divine Favour works

Topic: Recognizing Divine Favour Pt.2

Introduction: last week we began to look at this topic and to point out that there are tell-tale signs in a person’s life that can show you that such a person is walking in the favour of God. We saw a few examples of some people in the bible that walked in the favour of God like Noah, Apostle Paul and Mary.

Today we are going to be looking at how to recognize the favour of God in our own lives. In other words, what are the evidences of divine favour in a person’s life?

Signs of Divine Favour:

1.     Access to Salvation: In this regard, the entire human race since the completion of the work of the Lord Jesus Christ on Calvary’s cross came into divine favor because of the Love of God for all of mankind. John puts this truth out clearly when He said in John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish but have everlasting life.”  In this regard, every human being since Christ has Divine favour but they have to make a choice for it to actualize it. Note here that in the Garden of Eden in Gen.3; humans and the serpent sinned, but there is no provision for the salvation of the serpent.

2.     Makes the choice for Christ: The salvation of a person is by grace through faith. It is said to not be of ourselves but a gift from God. See Eph.2:8-10. So that we are saved today is because we were shown mercy by God who orchestrated the events that brought us to that point. We do not just choose to be saved to get saved; we are led of the Holy Spirit to make that choice. See John 16:7-13 and Rm1:16.

3.     Walks in the ways of God: This may seem strange to many but this is a major reason why God favoured and helped many to sustain the favour of God in the Bible. In the story of Noah we saw last week, we learnt that Noah found grace with God because God found him to live right in the midst of the violence on earth at the time. This was also the case of Lot in the midst of Sodom and Gomorrah when God destroyed the place for their sin. He found Lot a just man vexed with the evil he saw around him. In other word, Lot chose to walk in the ways of God just like Noah. See Gen.6:11-13; Gen.18:15-33 and 2Pet.2:4-7. In one of these accounts we see God speaking highly of Abraham as a man who will command his offspring to walk in his ways and therefore decided to reveal his plan to him. When God discloses his plans to a man, the man is highly favoured because it provides him with many opportunities. From here we see that God does not disclose his plans to everyone.

4.     A favoured person enjoys divine Guidance always: One person who enjoyed this was King David who never lost a battle. One of his secrets was continuous divine guidance. See 2Sam.5:18-25. Also the examples of the Lord and of Apostle Paul are noteworthy. See Jn.5:30 and Acts 16:6-12.

5.     A favoured person operates in the power to get wealth: People like this are never in want of ideas and divine opportunities that convert their ideas into economic values. A favoured person is exposed to people who will help them from where they are to where they ought to be at the right time. Thus they have ample opportunities to fulfill their destinies. Deu.8:18 and Acts 9. This was the experience of Apostle Paul when he came face to face with divine opportunity with the Lord that made him to become the wealthiest Apostle in the New Testament.

6.     A favoured person is able to build and leave legacies that transcend their time: This was God’s testimony of Abraham in Gen.18:15-18. The Lord Jesus Christ came and raised 12 men and did not leave the world the same. Are you a cultivator building legacies or a hunter killing what is being built? Which side you belong to tells me whether you are favoured or not.

I will draw the curtain on today’s message here. Meanwhile please understand that if you are saved, you have access to all these benefits depending on what you have done with your salvation. If you are saved and not seeing these benefits, the first place to check is your heart and not another person. We are each responsible for the outcome of our destinies.

On the other hand, if you have never taken advantage of the favour of God extended to the entire human race through the Lord Jesus Christ; should you desire to do so, you can do it right away by saying the following prayer out loud in faith and you will be favoured with the new birth which grants you access to all the mercies of God depending on what you do with it:

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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