Favour With God & Men
Solomon spoke about favour in the book of proverbs and in chapter 3, introduced the concept of favour with God and people. Earlier in the chapter his instructions was to keep the commandments of the Lord which would result in favour. We consider often the favour of the Lord and we know that once God’s hands are on our lives, then anything that we put our hands to is blessed. The other side of this is that God will use people as a conduit for his blessings. A conduit refers to a natural or artificial channel through which something is transmitted. As such, anyone who God uses to convey a blessing is a conduit.
Solomon makes reference again in Proverbs 16 to what happens to a person whose ways are pleasing to God. “When people’s lives please the Lord, even their enemies are at peace with them” (Proverbs 16:7). In essence, God can use someone who hates you to be a blessing to you. They will act graciously towards you and be confused about why they are doing it. Remember that God can turn the hearts of Kings and great men in whatever direction that he wants it to go. God will turn the hearts of even the coworker, neighbour or Manager who has been horrible towards you, so that they will have no choice but to be nice to you.
God also uses angelic beings to transfer blessings to us. “Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it” (Hebrews 13:2)! The angels provide supernatural assistance which is impossible beyond the natural realm. We see many instances in the bible where the angels were assigned to assist the children of God with information, guidance and protection in times of war. Angels can set scenes in motion on the earth to bring about God’s plans and purposes to bless his children.
God wants us to have favour and to live in abundance. God wants us to be at peace with all men where possible. God will use people to convey his blessings and it is those people around you that he is likely to use. There are instances when God has also impressed it upon the heart of strangers to help his children in need. We lift our faith in expectation to receive from the Lord and we also summon angelic assistance to help us in accessing the favour of God. We also pray for the favour of God and use the word to decree favour into our circumstances.
A.P.-Y.
Published by Anneta Pinto-Young
I am a trained Social Worker who currently provides professional leadership on a programme to support Social Work students and Newly Qualified Social Workers entering the Social Work Profession.
Born and raised in Jamaica in a Christian family where my father is an ordained Pastor and Deacon who has served for over 50 years in the ministry. My father is also a trained musician and our family can be described as a musical family. I grew up in a small farming community in St. Peter’s, St. Andrew and my parents also have a small farm.
I credit my gift of writing to my father who I watched and listened to over the years as he wrote sermons, poems and other recitals in his capacity in ministry. English has always been an easy subject for me and over the years I have developed an increased interest in writing.
I am a Trainer, I sing and have a passion for worship, the spoken word and the free flow of the prophetic anointing. I am married to my best friend Andrew Christopher Young who is an advanced Musician and whose music you can find on YouTube and Facebook. I am a trained Coach and Mentor and I love experimenting with food so I love cooking. I enjoy trying cultural dishes from across the world and I view food as an entry into cultures and languages.
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Published
August 13, 2021
