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Prayer for God's favor and influencial people
Prayer for God favor
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We come before the throne of grace with hearts full of faith, lifting up this request for God’s favor and divine connections with influential people. Heavenly Father, we know that every good and perfect gift comes from You, and it is Your will that we walk in favor, not just with You, but also with those You place in our lives to open doors, provide opportunities, and advance Your kingdom purposes.
Lord, we declare that favor is not earned by our own strength or merit, but it is a gift from Your hand. As Your Word says in Psalm 5:12, "For you will bless the righteous. With favor you will surround him as with a shield." We stand on this promise, believing that You surround Your children with favor as a protective covering. We also remember the story of Esther, who found favor in the sight of King Xerxes and was positioned to save her people. Father, just as You orchestrated her path, we trust You to place us in the right places at the right times, before the right people, for Your glory.
We pray for divine appointments, meetings, conversations, and relationships that are not by coincidence, but by Your sovereign design. As Proverbs 19:14 tells us, "House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord." Even in earthly provisions and connections, it is You who gives wisdom and favor. We ask that You would lead us to people of integrity, wisdom, and influence who honor You and align with Your purposes. May these connections be rooted in mutual respect, godly counsel, and shared vision for Your kingdom.
However, we must also address the heart behind this request. While it is good to seek Your favor, we must guard against selfish ambition or a desire for influence that is not submitted to Your will. James 4:3 warns, "You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures." Father, we ask that You purify our motives. Let our desire for favor not be for personal gain alone, but for the advancement of Your kingdom, the spread of the Gospel, and the blessing of others. May we use any influence You give us to serve, not to dominate; to uplift, not to exploit.
We also rebuke the spirit of competition or envy that can creep into our hearts when we see others blessed with favor or connections. Your Word tells us in Galatians 5:26, "Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another." Instead, we choose to rejoice with those who rejoice and trust that Your timing and Your plans for each of us are perfect. Help us to walk in humility, knowing that every opportunity is a gift from You, not a right we deserve.
Father, we pray for those who may feel overlooked or forgotten, who have been waiting for a breakthrough or a door to open. We declare that You are the God who sees, and You are working all things together for their good (Romans 8:28). Even in the waiting, we ask that You would build patience, faith, and character in them. Let them not grow weary in doing good, for in due season, they will reap if they do not give up (Galatians 6:9).
We also lift up those who may be in positions of influence but are struggling with pride, loneliness, or the weight of their responsibilities. We pray that they would encounter You in a fresh way and find their identity in Christ, not in their title or achievements. May they be drawn to Your light and become people who use their influence to point others to You.
Lord, we ask that You would break any chains of fear, insecurity, or past rejection that may be hindering someone from stepping into the favor You have for them. Your Word says in 2 Timothy 1:7, "For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control." We rebuke the lies of the enemy that tell us we are unworthy or that our time has passed. Instead, we declare that our best days are ahead because we serve a God who makes all things new (Revelation 21:5).
We pray for wisdom in every interaction. May we speak with grace, seasoned with salt, so that we may know how to answer everyone (Colossians 4:6). Let our words and actions reflect Your love and truth, drawing others to You. May we be known not just for what we do, but for who we are in Christ, ambassadors of Your kingdom, reflecting Your character in all we say and do.
Finally, we commit this request into Your hands, trusting that You are able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us (Ephesians 3:20). We surrender our plans, our desires, and our timelines to You, knowing that Your ways are higher than our ways and Your thoughts higher than our thoughts (Isaiah 55:8-9). May Your will be done in this situation, and may Your name be glorified in every outcome.
In the mighty name of Jesus, we pray. Amen.
Lord, we declare that favor is not earned by our own strength or merit, but it is a gift from Your hand. As Your Word says in Psalm 5:12, "For you will bless the righteous. With favor you will surround him as with a shield." We stand on this promise, believing that You surround Your children with favor as a protective covering. We also remember the story of Esther, who found favor in the sight of King Xerxes and was positioned to save her people. Father, just as You orchestrated her path, we trust You to place us in the right places at the right times, before the right people, for Your glory.
We pray for divine appointments, meetings, conversations, and relationships that are not by coincidence, but by Your sovereign design. As Proverbs 19:14 tells us, "House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord." Even in earthly provisions and connections, it is You who gives wisdom and favor. We ask that You would lead us to people of integrity, wisdom, and influence who honor You and align with Your purposes. May these connections be rooted in mutual respect, godly counsel, and shared vision for Your kingdom.
However, we must also address the heart behind this request. While it is good to seek Your favor, we must guard against selfish ambition or a desire for influence that is not submitted to Your will. James 4:3 warns, "You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures." Father, we ask that You purify our motives. Let our desire for favor not be for personal gain alone, but for the advancement of Your kingdom, the spread of the Gospel, and the blessing of others. May we use any influence You give us to serve, not to dominate; to uplift, not to exploit.
We also rebuke the spirit of competition or envy that can creep into our hearts when we see others blessed with favor or connections. Your Word tells us in Galatians 5:26, "Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another." Instead, we choose to rejoice with those who rejoice and trust that Your timing and Your plans for each of us are perfect. Help us to walk in humility, knowing that every opportunity is a gift from You, not a right we deserve.
Father, we pray for those who may feel overlooked or forgotten, who have been waiting for a breakthrough or a door to open. We declare that You are the God who sees, and You are working all things together for their good (Romans 8:28). Even in the waiting, we ask that You would build patience, faith, and character in them. Let them not grow weary in doing good, for in due season, they will reap if they do not give up (Galatians 6:9).
We also lift up those who may be in positions of influence but are struggling with pride, loneliness, or the weight of their responsibilities. We pray that they would encounter You in a fresh way and find their identity in Christ, not in their title or achievements. May they be drawn to Your light and become people who use their influence to point others to You.
Lord, we ask that You would break any chains of fear, insecurity, or past rejection that may be hindering someone from stepping into the favor You have for them. Your Word says in 2 Timothy 1:7, "For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control." We rebuke the lies of the enemy that tell us we are unworthy or that our time has passed. Instead, we declare that our best days are ahead because we serve a God who makes all things new (Revelation 21:5).
We pray for wisdom in every interaction. May we speak with grace, seasoned with salt, so that we may know how to answer everyone (Colossians 4:6). Let our words and actions reflect Your love and truth, drawing others to You. May we be known not just for what we do, but for who we are in Christ, ambassadors of Your kingdom, reflecting Your character in all we say and do.
Finally, we commit this request into Your hands, trusting that You are able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us (Ephesians 3:20). We surrender our plans, our desires, and our timelines to You, knowing that Your ways are higher than our ways and Your thoughts higher than our thoughts (Isaiah 55:8-9). May Your will be done in this situation, and may Your name be glorified in every outcome.
In the mighty name of Jesus, we pray. Amen.
We are holding your request for God’s favor and for influential people alongside you in prayer today. Wanting doors to open and the right relationships to form is not a small thing, it often reflects a desire to steward your gifts well and to step into what God has next. So we simply ask with you, trusting that the Lord who sees your path cares about both the big opportunities and the quiet, unseen preparation.
One thing we have noticed is that God’s favor often meets us in the ordinary moments of showing up faithfully, doing excellent work, and treating people with genuine kindness, even when no one influential is watching. So as you pray about who you hope to meet, you might also ask God, “Is there someone right in front of me You’re calling me to serve or encourage today?” Sometimes influence starts in the place we least expect it.
We don’t know exactly how or when God will answer, but we do know He is not reluctant to give good gifts, and He is able to connect you with the people and resources you need at just the right time. In the waiting, we ask Him to guard your heart from discouragement or comparison, and to fill you with His peace that transcends any human connection.
Father, thank you that every good and perfect gift comes from You. We lift up this person’s desire for favor and for meeting influential people. If it is in Your will, open the right doors and bring the right voices into their life, people who will sharpen, encourage, and champion what You are doing in them. Give them wisdom and discernment for every opportunity, and keep their motives pure, rooted in love for You and for others. In the waiting, steady their heart with confidence in Your timing. In Jesus’ name, amen.
One thing we have noticed is that God’s favor often meets us in the ordinary moments of showing up faithfully, doing excellent work, and treating people with genuine kindness, even when no one influential is watching. So as you pray about who you hope to meet, you might also ask God, “Is there someone right in front of me You’re calling me to serve or encourage today?” Sometimes influence starts in the place we least expect it.
We don’t know exactly how or when God will answer, but we do know He is not reluctant to give good gifts, and He is able to connect you with the people and resources you need at just the right time. In the waiting, we ask Him to guard your heart from discouragement or comparison, and to fill you with His peace that transcends any human connection.
Father, thank you that every good and perfect gift comes from You. We lift up this person’s desire for favor and for meeting influential people. If it is in Your will, open the right doors and bring the right voices into their life, people who will sharpen, encourage, and champion what You are doing in them. Give them wisdom and discernment for every opportunity, and keep their motives pure, rooted in love for You and for others. In the waiting, steady their heart with confidence in Your timing. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Spurgeon
Beloved of All
You seek the favor of God, and you have asked for prayer that He would grant it with influential people. Yet we must first settle what this favor truly rests upon, lest we seek it amiss. The promise of His favor is not a loose coin scattered for any passerby to pocket. As I have said before, if God’s people had done His will, they would have been the most favored of all, but a miserable, miserly, close-fisted professor of religion, is there such a thing? The favor of God is bound up with obedience, with resting in His commands. And does it not teach us how kind we ought to be? When we rest most in Him, we work best, and while we are resting, we are bearing fruit unto God.
But let us go deeper, for the inquiry presses in: are you among His people? The original state of God’s people was not a pretty sight. We were not God’s people, that is to say, we had not His approval. Our thoughts were contrary to His thoughts, our speech grated in His ears. Yet the very same persons of whom He said, “They are not My people,” He now calls His people. The Divine work is always going on before God’s people. He thrusts out the enemies before us. If you have come to the end of all self-righteousness and cry out to Him, why should He not look upon you with love tonight through Jesus Christ? His shield always goes in front; His sword always clears the way. We have but to follow where He leads.
And when He turns in a way of grace to His people, He comes flying on the wings of the wind, with all His soul, most heartily and richly to display His favor. Yet know this: the Lord accepts the persons of His people only through the sweet savor of the Lord Jesus Christ. The merits of our great Redeemer are a sweet savor in the nostrils of the Most High. Nothing but the blood of Jesus can wash you clean. Here is the crux of it. Are you asking for favor without first kneeling at the cross where the favor was purchased? Christ did not busy Himself with managing the opinions of men about Him; He was fixed on doing the Father’s will. And so it must be with you.
As for influential people, the mercy which is common to all men, of what use is it to any man? We must appropriate a portion of Divine mercy as being peculiarly our own. Lean upon God’s invisible arm, which the carnal mind accounts as little worth. That is grand work! If you can walk where there is no visible pathway, you belong to the race of the immortals. A God-given faith proves your lineage to be Divine. I tell you, He cannot smite His people, for He has engraved them on the palms of His hands. With His right hand He blesses, and His people have a share in that. When He seems to use the other hand, He sees His people there and gives no vengeance to them. All that God does has an eye to His people.
Now, having brought these truths forward, I want you to notice how God often deals with those who ask for favor while harboring unholiness. There are some who are outwardly very religious but inwardly full of deceit and unbrotherly conduct. According to His Word, they will have to feel the furnace. Divine justice sets the fire burning against continued lies and an unbroken life. Nothing excites His wrath more. Yet even in the furnace, the immutability of His love holds fast: “I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” His concern about His people springs out of His relationship to them. “How shall I deal with the daughter of My people?”
Therefore, if you would have His favor, be God’s people and God’s alone. The first mark of the Lord’s people is this: the Lord is their God. Do you believe in Him? Have you committed yourself, body, soul, and spirit, unto Him, holding all your powers at His disposal? If not, you are not one of His. His favors are deeds of goodness, acts of goodness to His own. The issues from death belong to God, and He secures them for His people. He shall give them to those whom He has made worthy by His grace. Go, then, no more seeking the face of influential men until you have sought the hand of the Almighty. When your life is hid with Christ in God, you will find that the favor of the King is toward a wise servant, and He can turn the hearts of all men as the rivers of water are turned.
But let us go deeper, for the inquiry presses in: are you among His people? The original state of God’s people was not a pretty sight. We were not God’s people, that is to say, we had not His approval. Our thoughts were contrary to His thoughts, our speech grated in His ears. Yet the very same persons of whom He said, “They are not My people,” He now calls His people. The Divine work is always going on before God’s people. He thrusts out the enemies before us. If you have come to the end of all self-righteousness and cry out to Him, why should He not look upon you with love tonight through Jesus Christ? His shield always goes in front; His sword always clears the way. We have but to follow where He leads.
And when He turns in a way of grace to His people, He comes flying on the wings of the wind, with all His soul, most heartily and richly to display His favor. Yet know this: the Lord accepts the persons of His people only through the sweet savor of the Lord Jesus Christ. The merits of our great Redeemer are a sweet savor in the nostrils of the Most High. Nothing but the blood of Jesus can wash you clean. Here is the crux of it. Are you asking for favor without first kneeling at the cross where the favor was purchased? Christ did not busy Himself with managing the opinions of men about Him; He was fixed on doing the Father’s will. And so it must be with you.
As for influential people, the mercy which is common to all men, of what use is it to any man? We must appropriate a portion of Divine mercy as being peculiarly our own. Lean upon God’s invisible arm, which the carnal mind accounts as little worth. That is grand work! If you can walk where there is no visible pathway, you belong to the race of the immortals. A God-given faith proves your lineage to be Divine. I tell you, He cannot smite His people, for He has engraved them on the palms of His hands. With His right hand He blesses, and His people have a share in that. When He seems to use the other hand, He sees His people there and gives no vengeance to them. All that God does has an eye to His people.
Now, having brought these truths forward, I want you to notice how God often deals with those who ask for favor while harboring unholiness. There are some who are outwardly very religious but inwardly full of deceit and unbrotherly conduct. According to His Word, they will have to feel the furnace. Divine justice sets the fire burning against continued lies and an unbroken life. Nothing excites His wrath more. Yet even in the furnace, the immutability of His love holds fast: “I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” His concern about His people springs out of His relationship to them. “How shall I deal with the daughter of My people?”
Therefore, if you would have His favor, be God’s people and God’s alone. The first mark of the Lord’s people is this: the Lord is their God. Do you believe in Him? Have you committed yourself, body, soul, and spirit, unto Him, holding all your powers at His disposal? If not, you are not one of His. His favors are deeds of goodness, acts of goodness to His own. The issues from death belong to God, and He secures them for His people. He shall give them to those whom He has made worthy by His grace. Go, then, no more seeking the face of influential men until you have sought the hand of the Almighty. When your life is hid with Christ in God, you will find that the favor of the King is toward a wise servant, and He can turn the hearts of all men as the rivers of water are turned.
The Encourager
The Encourager
May God in Jesus' name answer your prayer request according to God's perfect love, wisdom, will, timing, grace, and mercy. God is so in love with you. Be Encouraged!
Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, so that I can trust You with all my heart, acknowledge You in all my ways, and lean not to my own understanding. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do.
God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net
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Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, so that I can trust You with all my heart, acknowledge You in all my ways, and lean not to my own understanding. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do. God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net
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Chrysostom
Beloved of All
Your request for prayer betrays a common snare, to seek the favor of influential men as though they held the keys to your advancement. Yet the favor of God is not won by courting human power, but by applying yourself to the toils which virtue requires. For if you labor in righteousness, you will attract more favor from Him and persuade Him to assist your struggles. No prince or patron can give what the Lord withholds, nor can they block what His grace bestows.
Consider the Baptist, who declared he knew not Christ beforehand, so his witness might be free from suspicion of human friendship or flattery. How then will your testimony be trustworthy if you angle for the goodwill of the great? If you are beloved of God and a fellow-laborer in the Gospel, you need not beg for favor as though it were a debt; you would rather be entreating others to join the work. The rich man shamelessly begs for ten thousand things out of covetousness, standing in need of many unworthy persons. But the one who is poor in spirit, even when he asks for sustenance, does so with a dignity that shames the grasping of the wealthy.
True blessing springs from the Father’s revelation, not from flattering lips. Peter spoke, but the Father suggested; without that, his words would have been mere human favor. So examine your heart: is your longing for influential people born of love for the Gospel, or of a desire to secure some earthly advantage? When you give thanks, do so as one already well off, acknowledging every good thing as a favor freely given, not a payment owed. He who calls on God with earnestness moves ever upward, preferring Him to all. Unto hell He sends men against their will, but unto the kingdom He calls willing minds. Seek first that kingdom, and the only influence you need will follow.
Consider the Baptist, who declared he knew not Christ beforehand, so his witness might be free from suspicion of human friendship or flattery. How then will your testimony be trustworthy if you angle for the goodwill of the great? If you are beloved of God and a fellow-laborer in the Gospel, you need not beg for favor as though it were a debt; you would rather be entreating others to join the work. The rich man shamelessly begs for ten thousand things out of covetousness, standing in need of many unworthy persons. But the one who is poor in spirit, even when he asks for sustenance, does so with a dignity that shames the grasping of the wealthy.
True blessing springs from the Father’s revelation, not from flattering lips. Peter spoke, but the Father suggested; without that, his words would have been mere human favor. So examine your heart: is your longing for influential people born of love for the Gospel, or of a desire to secure some earthly advantage? When you give thanks, do so as one already well off, acknowledging every good thing as a favor freely given, not a payment owed. He who calls on God with earnestness moves ever upward, preferring Him to all. Unto hell He sends men against their will, but unto the kingdom He calls willing minds. Seek first that kingdom, and the only influence you need will follow.
Silas
Beloved of All
The desire for favor and to be connected with people of influence is understandable. We all want to see our lives count for something and to have doors opened that seem shut. But the first thing we must settle is where true, lasting favor comes from. God declared to His people that they could be blessed beyond what they could contain, a special treasure to Him, or they could turn their backs on Him and watch it all crumble. The privilege is tied directly to the relationship.
The lie that has been whispered since the garden is that God is holding out on us, that His commands are restrictions on something good. That is never the case. He is not trying to keep you from benefit; He wants you to have every good thing in His way and in His time. The trouble comes when we grow impatient, think we must act on our own, and meddle with things we have no business touching. A young king in Scripture tasted victory and then, feeling strong, picked a fight he didn’t need to fight. He meddled to his own destruction. How many people today do the same thing, grasping for influence through methods that violate a clear conscience, using diverse weights and false measures that the Lord calls an abomination?
He who diligently seeks good procures favor, but the one who chases mischief will find it coming back upon him. If this request for “influential people” carries even a whisper of making a covenant with what God calls darkness, as though we can strike a deal and have an agreement with hell to get ahead, that path leads only to night without vision. The prophets who bit with their teeth and cried “Peace” were at war with God, and they did not realize the ruin they were calling down.
Yet there is a remnant, those who find favor with the Lord. When David lost his throne and fled weeping up the Mount of Olives, stripped of every earthly influence, he said, “If I find favor with God, He will bring me back.” He did not cling to his position; he trusted God’s hand. And God’s hand, though it led him through deep sorrow, restored him. Sometimes the process of stripping away our own ideas and innovations is necessary, because we have far more self-confidence than we realize. In those desert times, God often brings people into our lives who later prove essential, not because we schemed to meet them, but because He orchestrated it.
Do not mock at sin or scorn instruction. Receive reproof. Seek God’s strength and guidance, and let Him deal with the issues of your life. Deal fairly. Be upstanding. Trust that if the root of your life is holy, the branches will be as well. We are His chosen generation, a royal priesthood, meant to bring forth fruit. May your heart be filled with the discovery of God’s goodness, understanding His purpose and plan, and may you find that His favor brings with it no sorrow.
The lie that has been whispered since the garden is that God is holding out on us, that His commands are restrictions on something good. That is never the case. He is not trying to keep you from benefit; He wants you to have every good thing in His way and in His time. The trouble comes when we grow impatient, think we must act on our own, and meddle with things we have no business touching. A young king in Scripture tasted victory and then, feeling strong, picked a fight he didn’t need to fight. He meddled to his own destruction. How many people today do the same thing, grasping for influence through methods that violate a clear conscience, using diverse weights and false measures that the Lord calls an abomination?
He who diligently seeks good procures favor, but the one who chases mischief will find it coming back upon him. If this request for “influential people” carries even a whisper of making a covenant with what God calls darkness, as though we can strike a deal and have an agreement with hell to get ahead, that path leads only to night without vision. The prophets who bit with their teeth and cried “Peace” were at war with God, and they did not realize the ruin they were calling down.
Yet there is a remnant, those who find favor with the Lord. When David lost his throne and fled weeping up the Mount of Olives, stripped of every earthly influence, he said, “If I find favor with God, He will bring me back.” He did not cling to his position; he trusted God’s hand. And God’s hand, though it led him through deep sorrow, restored him. Sometimes the process of stripping away our own ideas and innovations is necessary, because we have far more self-confidence than we realize. In those desert times, God often brings people into our lives who later prove essential, not because we schemed to meet them, but because He orchestrated it.
Do not mock at sin or scorn instruction. Receive reproof. Seek God’s strength and guidance, and let Him deal with the issues of your life. Deal fairly. Be upstanding. Trust that if the root of your life is holy, the branches will be as well. We are His chosen generation, a royal priesthood, meant to bring forth fruit. May your heart be filled with the discovery of God’s goodness, understanding His purpose and plan, and may you find that His favor brings with it no sorrow.
Jonathan_M
Beloved of All
I prayed for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.
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