How to enjoy uncommon favour

“Favour is the special affection of God toward you that releases an influence on you, so that others are inclined to like you, or to cooperate with you.” The favour of God is what determines the limits of every man’s destiny. Once you are favoured, you are made. Favour is the mother of destiny. Favour […]

“Favour is the special affection of God toward you that releases an influence on you, so that others are inclined to like you, or to cooperate with you.”

The favour of God is what determines the limits of every man’s destiny. Once you are favoured, you are made. Favour is the mother of destiny. Favour is what converts labour into fortune. It enhances the value of your labour. Apostle Paul said, I am what I am by the grace of God. The limit of your destiny is defined by the level of favour operating in your life.

Your destiny is favour limited. So the more favour you enjoy the more glorious your destiny. Every man is limited by the level of favour he enjoys.

Psalm 102: 13: Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. Psa 102:14, For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. Favour is important. Everyone needs favour. Jesus needed favour; He even had to grow in it. Luke 2: 52 tells us that Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man. The same was true of Samuel the prophet – 1Samuel 2: 26.

We live in times that the natural could get a person down. Men and women all over our country are being laid off or just living in the fear that they could be the next to go. Perhaps you have your own business and you just never seem to make ends meet.

It seems that no one cares about you. I want you to know that favour can change that situation.

Benefits of walking in Divine Favour

We, as God’s people, have the beautiful opportunity to walk in favour everyday of our lives: to see people go out of their way to bless us, to open doors for us, and yet, they do not know why. They know there’s something different about you, but they don’t know what.

Many, many times, favour has changed entirely hopeless situations into just the opposite.

Favour will bind broken hearts, mend troubled relationships, cause loved ones to open their minds and hearts to hear about Jesus. Favour grants promotions, gives raise, avoids lay-offs, pleases customers, works with the saved as well as the unsaved. Favour brings smiles to the faces of those who go out of their way to do nice things for you.

1.    When FAVOUR is upon us, the works of our hands are confirmed! Psalm 90:17.

2.    Favour will make a highflier of any dummy any day, anytime and anywhere. Ecclesiastes 9:11, Zechariah 4:6. It is not ability that brings FAVOUR!

3.    Favour produces supernatural increase and promotion. Genesis 39:21.

4.    Favour produces restoration of everything the enemy has stolen from you.

5.    Favour produces honor in the midst of your adversaries.  Exodus 11:3.

6.    Favour produces increased assets in the material realm especially in the area of real estate.  Deut 33:23, “And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.” Psa 44:3

7.    Favour produces the greatest victories you’ve ever known in the midst of impossible odds.  Joshua 11:20.

8.    Favour produces recognition even when you seem to be the least likely to receive it. 1 Samuel 16:22.

9.    Favour produces prominence and preferential treatment. Esther 2:17.

10.    Favour produces petitions granted even by ungodly civil authorities.  Esther 5:2, 8.

11.    Favour causes policies, rules, regulations, laws to be changed and reversed to your advantage.  Esther 8:5.

12.    Favour produces battles won which you won’t even have to fight because God will fight them for you.  Psalm 44:3.

13.    Favour protects you. Favour serves as a shield! Psalm 5:12

”…Thou dost surround him with favour as with a shield.”

It will keep you safe and shielded from the effects of evil. Even when bad things happen to you, God will use them for your good and His glory. Look at the life of Joseph.

14.    Favour pacifies your enemies. It will even cause your opponents to be at peace with you.

15.    Favour places the wealth of the wicked at your disposal. It will transfer the resources of evil or unsaved people to your stewardship or ownership. Exo 12:36, And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.

16.    God’s favour is so powerful. It can turn a slave into an heir. Joseph, a slave boy became like the first son of Portiphar until he was wrongly imprisoned.

What must I do to enjoy Divine Favour?

Every divine provision is only delivered by meeting divine terms.

1.    Be born again; that is your visa to God’s covenant world of wonders – John 14:6 Jesus said, “I am the way …”

2.    Walk in righteousness. Psa 5:12, For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

3.    Be a promoter of the Kingdom. The number one way to secure the favour of God is to favour His Kingdom. Psalm 102:13-14.

4.    Be kind; sow favour seeds. Jesus said blessed are the merciful … Pro 3:3, Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: 4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

5.    Prayer – be in talking terms with the One who bestows the favour. Psa 119:58, I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.

6.    Gratitude – when you stop seeing what God is doing, He stops doing anything at all.

7.    Be in the right field. First, the favour came because Ruth was in the right field. She went to glean in the field of Boaz who was a kinsman of Naomi’s husband, Elimelech. Other people might have cast her away because of her background. The anointing – the yoke destroyer. To secure the anointing, you must be fulfilling God’s purpose for your life.

This is the time for your favour. Claim it and enjoy it. I see favour opening fresh doors for you!

Rev. Dr. Charles Olowojoba is the Snr. Pastor of Dayspring Bible Church, Sabon-Lugbe, Abuja & President, Dayspring Christian Ministries International. e.mail: [email protected]