It’s so awesome how the Lord loves us. I was having a conversation a few days ago on this topic and I thank God for sending me clearer information concerning His favor toward us all. I was taught in SOME churches about God’s favor where people would testify how God favors them. It was like God favors/liked/loved them better than others, where it was said in a bragging manner which caused some listeners feel like they were small. Some even made statement like “favor ain’t fair”. What does that mean anyway? Never mind, I don’t want to know. What I do know is the Bible tells us that God shows no partiality/favoritism (Romans 2:11; For God shows no partiality [undue favor or unfairness; with Him one man is not different from another]). God don’t favor others more because of a title or position they hold in the church or in the world. God don’t favor anyone because they have more money. Those who are at peace and have no fear is because they know God loves them and accept it (Perfect love cast out fear – 1 John 4:18). If anyone think God’s loves for them is because He shows favoritism toward them, that manner of thinking actually limits that person’s idea about God’s love. First of all God proved His love for us ALL when He sent His Son to die for our sins while we were sinners (John 3:16). God says nothing can separate us from His love (Romans 8:35-39). It’s God’s lovingkindness (Titus 3:4-7; But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; That being justified by His grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life). God Favors You Because He Loves You – Joseph Prince Ministries 1 John 4:19; We love Him because He first loved us. Have you ever found yourself receiving such exceeding favor that you wonder why? My friend, it is because God is lavishing His grace—unearned, undeserved, unmerited favor—on you. And He does it because He loves you. I love reading the Old Testament story of Ruth, a young Moabite widow, because it speaks of God’s amazing grace. The moment Ruth depended on God’s grace or favor, she had full access to His blessings. Of all the fields in Bethlehem, His grace led her to the field that belonged to Boaz, who was not only a wealthy bachelor, but also a relative of her father-in-law. (Ruth 2:3) Boaz was therefore her potential kinsman-redeemer—someone who could redeem her from her plight as a poor and childless widow. Boaz favored Ruth from the moment he laid eyes on her. Ruth was not even a Jew, yet he cared for her safety by telling her not to glean in another field and to stay close to his young women. He even commanded the young men working for him not to touch her and to allow her to drink the water which they had drawn. During mealtimes, he sat her beside the reapers although she was just a lowly gleaner who picked up what they had missed or dropped. On top of that, he gave her parched grain, making sure that she ate and was satisfied, and that she had leftovers to bring back to her mother-in-law. (Ruth 2:1–18) Ruth simply believed that she would find favor in the field and God placed her at the right place at the right time, so that He could open a big door of blessings to her. Do you know that Boaz is a beautiful picture of our Lord Jesus? The Bible says that “He first loved us”. Jesus saw you and loved you first, long before you knew Him or loved Him. And He favors whom He loves. Beloved, there is no need to fight or strive to qualify for God’s favor and blessings. His favor is all over you because He first loved you. Just trust in His love for you and you will see His favor bringing an abundance of blessings into your life!
Posted on: Sun, 07 Sep 2014 22:28:00 +0000
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