Savor Your Tremendous Favor
When thinking about what it looks like to have favor with God can anyone look beyond Jesus for an example?
Jesus walked in favor with His Father. Yet when we look at the things that unfolded in Jesus’ life we discover that not everyone liked Jesus.
The religious leaders hated Him. The town where the man with lots of demons lived whom Jesus set free asked Jesus to leave their territory.
Jesus spoke of places He had been to and His testimony didn’t sound to favorable based on how they had rejected Him.
Matthew 11:21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Jesus, although he abided in favor with God His Father still experienced being rejected. Even His own brothers rejected Him.
John 7:1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him. 2 Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand. 3 His brothers therefore said to Him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that Your disciples also may see the works that You are doing. 4 For no one does anything in secret while he himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.” 5 For even His brothers did not believe in Him.
Favor does not pave an easy straight street under our feet and then line with extra exuberant cheerleaders on both sides who are always for us. But favor will at times open doors of opportunity for us and will always make it possible to commune with the Father at any and all times.
Knowing you have favor with God can produce favor with others. It doesn’t produce it with every single person you will ever meet but it will produce it with many who are sensitive the presence of God and moved by it. Knowing you have God’s favor to the point you are walking more and more confident increases the fragrance of Christ in your life.
2Corinthians 2:14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. 15 For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. 16 To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life.
When it comes to favor there’s nothing better or greater than having it with God and truly knowing you have it with Him. It will shield you against the rejections of others when you know you are loved by the One who truly matters most. It can also aid you in connecting with the right people in life as you discover who along the way is moved by the favor you are walking in with Jesus and the Father.
Savor the favor today and always!
