Favoured

Father is favouring us because He favours Jesus within.  Christ in you is not only your hope of glory, it's God's hope of glory in the earth too. Christ through you is the way the Father will have His own glory and purpose fulfilled. So He's committed to being with you, favouring you, flowing through you and empowering you to act like a son, in your office and in your school. Christ lives within you so walk forth boldly into your world each day. As a New Creation, step out on the street as a devil-destroying, sick healing, hope-giving, gospel-living son or daughter of God.

When we talk about Favour, we're not talking about easier living or the fact that all of our food bills are halved necessarily, but the fact that we get an opportunity to act like a son. Joseph was favoured so he was given the opportunity to represent his God, in a prison. Jesus’ life was not always easy even though He is loved more than any other, but He had the opportunity to represent His Father. One of the things we often do as believers is interpret the Bible through the defensive lens of our own comfort. We might assure ourselves with the verse “All things work together for good for them that love God and are the called according to His purpose” that although life is tough and I feel troubled, I'm believing God is going to work it out and I'm going to get through. That is fine but what if that scripture is meant for sons on the offensive? “All things work together for good those that love God.” So, therefore, we know that we going to get opportunities to pray for the sick, bind Satan’s power, shine in the “prison,” share the gospel or give some money to somebody in need.

Friends, favour is not having ease, but having the opportunity and privilege as sons to rule in the prison, preach in the darkness, show somebody the love of God, in short, to go about doing good and healing all those who the devil oppresses. Now, that is favour!