The Benefits of Favor (Part 2)

By Bishop Keith A. Butler

And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.
I Samuel 16:22

Here David was just a little shepherd boy, yet he obtained favor. Recognition when you'd least likely get it is another benefit of favor. It would seem like the last person here at the bottom rung of the ladder would be the last person that the company president would know about, but God will give you favor despite it. You might be an entry level person, but God will cause the least likely person to be able to meet the person at the top and get favor.

That happens because when God gives you favor, He opens doors and changes hearts and makes ways.

Years ago, when there was the Rodney King incident, the President of the United States called me. I sat at the table of the White House counseling the president on what to do. I got proof of it on my office wall. Don't tell me that God can't give you favor.

In the book of Esther, the king was upset with his wife, so he decided to get a new one. His servants lined up all the virgins and paraded them before the king, but he chose Esther. The favor of God will give you preferential treatment. She couldn't simply walk up to the king unless she was summoned. A person could get killed. But when it came to her, she had favor with him to be able to set up a meeting to change the fate of her people.

Favor can also produce petitions and grants from ungodly civil authority. It's what Esther received-favor in the areas of policies, rules and regulations changed to her advantage. God can do the same for you. They'll have to rewrite rules. They may say, ?This is our policy,' but I know One who can cause them to change policy.

The final type of benefit from favor is that battles will be won in which you don't even have to fight.

Prayer for Today

Father,
Thank You for everyone I encounter today and in every circumstance. People go out of their way to bless me and I thank You for it. Favor goes before me and prospers my way each and every day! In Jesus' name, Amen!

Selah: Think on These Things

• Esther 2:16-17
• Esther 5:7
• Psalm 44:13