So
Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field, and
glean heads of grain after him in whose sight I may find favor.” And she
said to her, “Go, my daughter.”
Ruth 2:2
- FEBRUARY 18 -
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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