God’s Favorite! You!
Does our heavenly Father favor certain of his children?
When it comes to salvation and his wonderful promises, God treats ALL alike but he also puts his special favor on those who respond wholeheartedly to his calling and yield their lives to him entirely!
Job said: “Thou hast granted me life and favour” (Job 10:12). David said: ” For you bless the godly, O Lord; you surround them with your shield of love.” (Psalm 5:12).
God is all knowing, therefore He knows the good and the bad, those who seek him an those who don’t. If you truely seek him with your heart and through your actions then he will have a place for you in heaven!
Our heavenly Father puts a special garment on those who completely give him their heart:
“I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness” (Isaiah 61:10).
* True saving faith’s object is Jesus alone
* True saving faith results in a changed life.
*Stop judging and evaluating yourself, for this is not your role. Above all, stop comparing yourself with other people. *This produces feelings of:
* Pride
* or inferiority;
sometimes, a mixture of both.
Beloved, you are to be looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of your faith! When Satan comes and points at some weakness in your heart, you have every right to answer, “My God already knows it all and he still loves me! He has given me everything I need to attain victory and keep it.”
(See 1JN 4:4 for Fighting From Victory)
“For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things” (1 John 3:20). He knows all about you—and he still loves you enough to say, “Come on in and get all you need. The storehouse is open!”
The doors to his storehouse are wide open, and his riches are full to overflowing. God is urging you: “Come boldly to the throne of grace, that [you] may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:16).
How many years have you been on the outside? YOU HAVE a Father who has been laying up a great treasure of provision for YOU and yet you have left it unclaimed.
The Lord leads each of His children along a path that is uniquely tailor made for him or her. Comparing is not only wrong; it is also meaningless.
**Don’t look for affirmation in the wrong places; your own evaluations, or those of other people.
*The only source of real affirmation is the Lord’s unconditional Love. Many believers perceive Jesus as an unpleasable Judge, angrily searching out their faults and failures.
Nothing could be farther from the truth!
JESUS died for your sins, so that He might clothe you in His garments of salvation. This is how the Lord sees you: radiant in HIS robe of righteousness.
When the Lord disciplines you, it’s never in anger or disgust; it is to prepare you for face-to-Face fellowship with HIM throughout all eternity.
* Immerse yourself in HIS loving Presence.
*Be receptive to HIS affirmation, which flows continually from the throne of grace.
Joseph responded to the Spirit’s call, surrendering all, and as a favor from his father he received a robe that set him apart. But that favor of his father was costly! It cost Joseph relationships and brought him rejection, misunderstanding and mockery: “All his brethren . . . hated him” (Genesis 37:4).
Why did Joseph’s brothers turn on him? “His brethren envied him.” When they saw the robe Joseph wore, they knew it spoke of favor, righteousness. And they hated it, because it reminded them of the Spirit’s call they had rejected! Joseph was a reproach to their halfhearted lifestyle!
You see, Joseph’s brothers sat around indulging in petty gossip and self-centered talk. Their hearts were occupied with lands, possessions, the future, but Joseph’s was elsewhere. He spoke of the things of God, of supernatural dealings.
God had given him dreams, which in that day was synonymous with hearing the voice of God.
*Lukewarm believers around you will want to talk about their cars, houses, Toys and jobs, but you’d rather talk about eternal things, about what God is saying to you.
* Soon you’ll become a reproach to their halfheartedness. They will envy you because you represent the CALL of the Holy Ghost they turned down!
Yes, Joseph was of a different cloth and that difference made him hated and envied among his brothers. And, beloved, the same will happen to you if you are sold out to Jesus!
Romans 8: 32 Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else?
* Paul provides us with a very descriptive manifestation of all that is for those who are in Christ Jesus;
Romans 8:
1. No condemnation! (vs. 1)
2. Live in the Spirit (vs. 9)
3. Life because of righteousness (vs. 10)
4. Are children of God (vs. 14 & 15)
5. Have hope (vs. 23-25)
6. Experience God’s good working (vs. 28)
7, Are called, justified, and glorified (vs. 30
8. Are more than conquerors! (vs. 31 &37)
9. Will never be separated from the love of God! (vs. 35)
This is an amazing Chapter full of the promise that God gives us- His children.
Psalms 145:13
God is faithful. He is faithful to fulfill every promise in His Word. Sometimes we think God isn’t faithful because it appears He has not fulfilled a desire that we have. Sometimes we think He is not faithful because of a crisis event that seems to say God isn’t faithful.
** We must remember that God is more concerned about accomplishing His ultimate purpose in the life of every believer than giving us the desires of our heart. Sometimes this results in hardship.
The Bible is full of accounts of God’s faithfulness that was often accompanied by hardship.
*He brought Joseph out of slavery to be greatly used in a nation.
* He delivered the people from Egypt and brought them into the Promised Land.
* He gave Abraham the son of promise late in his life.
*He delivered David from his enemies and made him a king. In story upon story, we learn of God’s faithfulness.
Are you a faithful man or woman? The world needs faithful men and women. Take an inventory of your life today and ask God if you have been faithful with what He has entrusted to you.
I pray that i may live victorious, knowing that life is more than just bearing through.. but living fearlessly and victoriously through the amazing power that Christ gives me! Grace + Peace. Amen Thank You Jesus!