FAVOUR AND FULFILMENT

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage – Psalm 16:6

FULFILMENT in life and destiny is essentially a function of FAVOUR. Favour releases the FLAVOUR of FULFILMENT. A fulfilled life is one that is fully “maintained” by God. Such a person can say with the Psalmist: “…Thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage” (Psa. 16: 5-6). God ensures that the rod of the wicked never rests upon the lot of such a righteous person; as he or she is surrounded by favour (Psa. 5:12; 125:3a).

In addition to virtues such as character, vision, diligence, patience, and talent, FAVOUR is a key denominator in the lives of godly and truly successful people. Every fulfilled person in Christ is an expression of God’s favour, not of human effort (2Cor.2:14). Successful people in Christ are not “self-made” but “God-made” through divine favour: “…Not by might, nor by power, but by My spirit, saith the LORD of hosts” (Zech.4:6). We possess our promised land more by favour than by labour: “For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but Thy right hand, and Thine arm, and the light of Thy countenance, because Thou hadst a FAVOUR unto them” (Psa.44:3). When God favours your life with fulfilment, you can “boast all the day long”, and praise His Name forever (Psa.44:8). May that be your portion!

Favour can lift a person from poverty to prosperity and from ignominy into dignity in one day. By favour, the peasant Ruth became the wife of wealthy Boaz and a direct ancestor of Jesus Christ (Ruth 2:13, 4:13).
Favour can make you a household name in twenty-four hours. The maiden Esther was favoured to become the exalted Queen in her land of captivity and through her a potential genocide was prevented. Favour ensured that both Esther and Mordecai served God’s purposes in their location and generation (Est.2:9, 15-18).

After his trials, favour doubled Job’s blessings and his financial and material worth (Job. 42:10-12). The trials in your life are transient and subject to change. 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 admonishes that you focus on God’s Word (the “things which are not seen”) rather than on the pressing problems, troubles and trials (“the things which are seen”). As you take heed to this counsel, may God’s favour answer for you and guarantee your ultimate fulfilment in life and destiny in Jesus name!