Grace and peace to you. Here is the word for today.
📖Psalm 90:17 “May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us.” [NIV]📖
✍If I call you on the phone right now and ask how I should pray for you, what would you say? God’s healing touch? A financial breakthrough? The restoration of your marriage? Deliverance from an addiction? The salvation of your kids or other loved ones? Promotion ? Job opportunity ?
✍Well, I have great news: There’s only one thing you really need, God’s favor!
When you open your heart to God’s wisdom and favor, everything else in your life is impacted. Not only will He reenergize your spiritual life, but there will be a transformation of your health, finances, ministry, marriage, and relationships as well.
✍David boldly said, “Those who seek the LORD lack no good thing” (Psalm 34:10). The only need we have is a “seek the Lord” need! To David, this was more than a nice theory, he had already drawn near to the Lord as his Good Shepherd, he lacked nothing (Psalm 23:1). And he was so confident of God’s ongoing favor in his life that he proclaimed, “Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever” (v. 6).
✍David experienced this same kind of favor when prophet Samuel was seeking God’s direction on who will be the Israel’s next (1 Samuel 16). Samuel knew the king was to be chosen from among the sons of Jesse, and so the sons were paraded before the prophet to see which one was the Lord’s choice. Samuel must have been puzzled when none of the seven oldest sons met with God’s approval, so he told Jesse: “The LORD has not chosen these…Are these all the sons you have?” (1Samuel 16 vs. 10-11)
✍Apparently, no one had thought to invite David to this important gathering. He was the youngest son, and he was out tending his father’s sheep. But while everyone else was looking at factors like age , size , outside appearance and rank, God was looking for a man after His own heart…who would fulfill His purposes (Acts 13:22, 36).
↪God was looking for a person He could show His favor to! Friend, I hope you are such a person. Perhaps you feel like you’re just taking care of some smelly old sheep in a forgotten place today, you’re taking care of someone’s business or organisation …but tomorrow your royalty will be revealed publicly for the glory to God in Jesus Name. AMEN🙏🙏🙏
By Apostle Gift Sira.
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