Psalm 5:12 For You O Lord will bless the righteous; With favour You will surround him as with a shield.
Yesterday we looked at how we are now righteous. Today is one of my favourite subjects, it's all about the favour of God. We're reminded in our verse that God blesses and surrounds us (the righteous) with His favour and it's like a shield. So what is favour in God's eyes?
Strong's concordance says it means He takes delight in us, accepts, approves, enjoys and takes pleasure in us and that His favour gives us special advantages and preference. We know that in the natural realm if we have the favour of a King we're going to be well taken care of and to expect special treatment. It's just like that, we are the children of the King of Kings and we are highly favoured in His sight. Our next verse tells us....
Ephesians 1:6 ...... by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. That word 'accepted' is the exact same Greek word the angel used when he told Mary she was highly favoured by God in Luke 1:30. So God wants us to know we are as favoured as Mary was by God when He chose her to raise His son and He has accepted and highly favoured us in His beloved Son Jesus.
We, as the righteous in Jesus, are now blessed and surrounded by God''s amazing favour. We are a people who have been given special advantage wherever we go and whatever we do. We didn't do anything to deserve it, it's another amazing gift of God to us.
How long will His favour last? Psalm 30:5 His favour is for life... How wonderful is that?!
So how does that affect us in daily life, knowing we have this incredible favour of God on us for the rest of our lives? It means that wherever we go we can have a great expectation of God's goodness and special favour. I've heard many testimonies of people who have a real revelation of God's favour and how they have received preferential treatment, or obtained jobs, or been upgraded on aeroplanes, taken to the front of a queue, places in schools, etc. for no apparent reason other than the favour of God.
As God's beloved children, we can go out each and every day expecting and confident in the sure knowledge that His favour is surrounding us. We can believe it and receive it because God says so.
You and I are highly favoured, greatly blessed and deeply loved by God.
Doesn't that make your heart sing? And it's all because of Jesus. Praise His wonderful Name.
Have a very blessed, highly favoured weekend.
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