Faithful Friday / God's Faithful Favor

This came from my Holy Spirit Whispers blog in August 2016. I felt is was worth a repeat during this season of division and unrest. God will favor us, but usually He blesses us to be a blessing. We can't reach those we don't love. May God forgive us for not loving and help us to repent in Jesus' name! He sooooo longs to give FAVOR to His children - we need to position our hearts to receive it!

“And Jesus increased in wisdom and statue, and in favor with God and man.” Luke 2:52 Wouldn’t we all love to have that written or said about us! I especially want us to focus on the last part of that scripture. “He increased . . . In favor with God and man.” How do we increase in favor with God? By working on our relationship with Him, by spending time with Him, by loving on Him . . . But you can’t work to earn it — it is a gift from God!

How do we get favor with men? It too is a gift from God. He can ordain that we are favored by others at any given time, but our favor only reaches as far as our love. God will not give you favor with people that you do not love. He’ll not position you with favor to reach those that your have judged or criticized. When we talk negatively about people, we immediately have stopped the release of the favor that we needed to win them for Christ’s Kingdom!

May the Lord gift you with both . . . Favor with God and man to bring His Kingdom to earth!

Shhh . . . Holy Spirit is whispering!