The Anointing for Favor - PART ONE
“To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.”
“May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands.”
Establish: to make firm, to bring into existence, to cause to grow, to put in a favorable position.
“For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.”
Bestows: give, offer, provide, supply,
What is favor? An act of kindness beyond what is due.
SYNONYMS:
Approval
Support
Promote
liking someone or something.
Preferential treatment.
To give an advantage.
A badge or ribbons that is given or worn as a mark for support.
Stamp of approval
🔥 Jacob gave his son Joseph a coat full of color because he likes him or favored him more than his brothers.🔥
Some favor will cause others to envy you, dislike you, hate you, plan to hurt.
“Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him. When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.”
Without favor you get:
Block
Veto
Denial
prevent
Stop
Hinder
Three Types of Favor
There are qualities and actions that attracts God favor upon our lives.
Favor with God through righteousness
Favor with men
Unmerited favor
1. Favor with God through righteousness
What is righteousness? Acting in accord with divine or moral law. Free from guilt or sin.
A person conduct. Or living a life honoring God. To be in right standing with God.
🔥Righteousness is not a perfect life but rather a Holy life. A repentance life.🔥
“Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.”
“A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.”
📒 Obtain: receive, acquire, secure
Isaiah 3:10
Proverbs 10
Proverbs 11
You can obtain favor from the Lord by Honoring God. Holy life, righteous
“The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.”
Why did God favor Noah ?
“This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.”
“The Lord then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.”
Will you be found righteous in this generation?
When God favor is upon you, you function differently
2. Favor with Men
Favor with Men through deed, relationship, heart, work ethic, attitude, trust, character, good business, purpose.
“And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.”
Luke 2:52 KJV
Obedience brings favor.
Fulfillment brings favor.
Jesus had one thing on His mind and that’s to fulfill His assignment.
“And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.”
🔥The favor on your life should make you humble not arrogant.🔥
How can you be arrogant on something that’s not yours?
Without favor we would be: broke, no business, no connection, no relationship.
🔥I am what I am because of the favor of God.🔥
“My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity. Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.”
Obedience brings favor.
Fulfillment brings favor.
Favor will follow you to your destination.
Favor will set you up destiny
Psalms 37:23 The steps of a good man (righteous) are ordered by the Lord: and he delighted in his way.
“Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian who was one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there. The Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did, Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned. From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field. So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph’s care; with Joseph in charge, he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome, and after a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Come to bed with me!” But he refused. “With me in charge,” he told her, “my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care. No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?” And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her.”
The road of favor may look different or difficult at times but the Lord is the author, the architect