DIVINE
FAVOR – Lawi Mshana
We
need divine favor more than we need financial breakthrough. You can be rich and
still lack divine favor. When you have divine favor you can easily attract
money – money that can serve you and not you serving it. So divine favor is
everything. To be favored means: "regarded or
treated with favor"; "provided with advantages"; "specially
privileged." Just think
about that! God wants to give you special privileges. The favor of God will
cause people to go out of their way to bless you without even knowing why
they're doing it. And the more you are blessed, the more you can be a blessing.
When you get
divine favor, you experience joy of the Lord and not happiness. Happiness
depends on circumstances or happenings. Joy is an attitude of the heart. Joy is
what Christians have and happiness is what the world has. A joyful person can
never be selfish because JOY is short form (acronym) of Jesus, Others and You.
AREAS WHERE
YOU NEED DIVINE FAVOR:
1. You need favor
in the sight of your boss.
Gen 39:21 “But
the LORD was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in
the sight of the keeper of the prison. And
the keeper of the prison put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in
the prison. Whatever was done there, he was the one who did it. The keeper of the prison paid no
attention to anything that was in Joseph's charge, because the LORD was with
him. And whatever he did, the LORD made it succeed.”
Joseph
was falsely accused of rape attempt and so he was put in jail. Because of his
faithfulness, God didn’t forsake him. He gave him favor. If God promoted Joseph
in jail, how much more will He elevate you in your job and works you do in
freedom? I believe you are going to be trusted by your boss from this day forward.
2.
You need favor in the sight of unbelievers.
Ex
11:2,3 “Speak
now in the hearing of the people, that they ask, every man of his neighbor and
every woman of her neighbor, for silver and gold jewelry. And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians.
Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of
Pharaoh's servants and in the sight of the people.”
When
God delivered His people from slavery in Egypt, He gave them favor to collect
valuables from Egyptians. I would like to warn people who have a tendency of
despising people of other faiths. We may not agree with them in basics of our
faith but this does not mean that God cannot use them to influence our life.
God can use both good and bad people to accomplish His purpose. God used many
evil kings to promote His people in Bible times. Probably people you stigmatize
are the ones with your blessings. When you have divine favor you don’t need to
purchase everything, you just go and ask and you get it! Imagine Egyptians
handling over silver and gold to God’s people without any conditions. Remember
silver and gold belongs to God and not men. We are just stewards of His
possessions. Hag 2:8 “The
silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares the LORD of hosts.”
3. You need winning favor in
competition
Est 2:15-17 “When the turn
came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken
her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except
what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther
was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her. And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal
palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year
of his reign, the king loved Esther
more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all
the virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen
instead of Vashti.”
We are living in a world of
competition. Whatever you do people will compete with you not only in business
industry but also in spiritual ministry. We can overcome all because our
weapons are not carnal (fleshly) but mighty in God. 2Cor 10:4 “For the
weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy
strongholds.” This race to be a queen needed divine favor and not makeup
because Esther was Jewish and not Persian.
4. You need favor to overcome
shame and embarrassment
1
Sam 1:9-11 “After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh,
Hannah rose. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of
the temple of the LORD. She
was deeply distressed and prayed to the LORD and wept bitterly. And she
vowed a vow and said, “O LORD of hosts, if you will indeed look on the
affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but
will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the LORD all the days
of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.”
Hanna wa barren and was not
satisfied with that kind of life. Instead of trying to cope with the situation,
she chose to overcome it. She knew the right place for her prayer. Whatever you
need ask yourself these two questions: Is this the right altar for my answers?
Is this the appointed priest to be a channel for my answers? Whatever you are
going through right now, you can overcome it in Jesus Name if you apply divine
principles.
5. You need favor in words you
speak and confess
Ps 19:14 “Let
the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your
sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.” You will never prosper in life if your
plans are not in line with your words. You need right words and right thinking.
You are what you think (Pro 23:7). Job 22:28 “You will decide on a matter, and
it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.” There is
power in words you speak. They can fulfill or kill your destiny. Prov 6:2 “if
you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth.”
You can create problems or prosperity just by words you utter. Choose wisely
the words you speak against your spouse or children. They may create a monster
in a house to torment you forever.
My
prayers for you:
1.
I pray that God will grant you favour from your boss that he/she will never
harass you, never humiliate you, will pay your arrears and will promote you.
2.
I pray that God will connect you to people with your blessings and that He will
open your eyes to see opportunities for your life.
3.
I pray that God will give you power to overcome your competitors in employment,
business and ministry. Any witchcraft directed towards you, I destroy it and
reverse it back to the sender in Jesus name!
4.
I pray that you will think right. I cast out all confusion in your life in the
mighty name of Jesus Christ.
Receive
your long-awaited prayer today in Jesus Name!
