Numbers 22:6 (CEV) “They are too powerful for us to defeat, so would you come and place a curse on them? Maybe then we can run them off. I know that anyone you bless will be successful, but anyone you curse will fail. ”
Because we are followers of Jesus, we should be different from those people far from God. How so? What sets us apart? Our words, our actions, our attitudes, and our priorities surely do. But do you know what else sets us apart? God’s favor.
Example: Joseph Genesis 37:18-23 (NCV) “Joseph’s brothers saw him (Joseph)coming from far away. Before he reached them, they made a plan to kill him. They said to each other, “Here comes that dreamer. Let’s kill him and throw his body into one of the wells.
Psalm 90:17 (NAB) “May the favor of the Lord our God be ours. Prosper the work of our hands! Prosper the work of our hands! ” Do all want the favor of God? Not everyone wants what comes with it!
Psalm 90:16-17 (NRSV) “Let your work be manifest to your servants, and your glorious power to their children. Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and prosper for us the work of our hands— O prosper the work of our hands!” I love this verse in Psalm 90, and I am praying it over our church now.
Most people think the favor of God is only for a select few, but that’s not true. It’s for you if you know Jesus. When we find Jesus (He finds us), we find favor!
God’s favor is when God takes the natural and does the supernatural in a person, place, or thing. It can be little or big but it’s always to bring honor and glory to God and further His Kingdom, not simply to favor the person, place, or thing!