Because I wasn't loved by my parents, when I was growing up, I learned that I had to perform in order to get any kind of positive affirmation from them. This led to me being a people pleaser. You know the type, someone who does what they do not want to do with the hopes that others will like them.
After 6 decades of living like this, I can honestly tell you that it does NOT work. Even if a person could please everyone around them, they would be untrue to themselves in some way. I'm sure that this has played a role in my lifetime of poor health.
In recent years I've been immensely blessed by Pastor Prince's viewpoint of just accepting the blessings that God has for His children. Like we want nothing but the best for our children, He wants nothing but the best for His.
So what's the catch?
Why do so many in the Christian community suffer from poverty; poor relationships; or failing health?
Could it be because we're trying too hard? It looks like the answer to that question is a great big YES! I hope that you'll read this with an open mind. There is MUCH to gain!
Have a great week all you saints of Christ!
Dawn
BEAT THE ODDS WITH THE FAVOR OF GOD
Do you look at yourself and see only lack in the natural? Do you say, “I don’t have a good education”, “I am poor”, “I am too old” or “I am a divorcee”? I have good news for you. As a blood-bought believer and child of God, you have the supernatural favor of God!
In the Bible, Ruth was a poor Moabite widow who went with her mother-in-law to live in Bethlehem, a Jewish town where the inhabitants considered Moabites outcasts. But she did not wallow in self-pity and moan about being a poor widow of the wrong race in the wrong place. Instead, she believed that God would favor her and she declared, “I will find favor in the field that I glean from.”
In the natural, Ruth had everything going against her. But because she trusted in the favor of God, she not only became the wife of Bethlehem’s richest man when Boaz married her, she also became the great-grandmother of David and had her name included in the genealogy of Jesus Christ even though she was not a Jewess! That is what God’s supernatural favor did for her. That is the kind of blessing God’s supernatural favor can give you.
A church member shared how, due to unforeseen circumstances, she was late for a job interview. But she confessed God’s favor on herself before the interview and miraculously, the interviewers shortlisted her for a second interview.
There were about 40 other applicants with the right experience. And though she lacked the relevant experience, by the favor of God, she got the job which came with better pay and a car allowance that fully subsidized her car loan. Her new company was even willing to pay for her petrol and cell phone expenses—all because she believed and confessed that she had the favor of God!
Do not look at what you do not have in the natural and see lack. Trust in the favor of God and you will see blessings which your natural abilities cannot bring!
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