FAVOUR IS SUPERIOR TO LABOUR

All the LABOUR of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled – Ecclesiastes 6:7

FAVOUR is superior to LABOUR! Favour surpasses labour! One day of favour can deliver you from many years of labour. One day of favour can bring so much fruitfulness as to save you years of fruitless labour! May you encounter your day of favour in Jesus name! Many are engaged in back-breaking labour, and the best of their effort only puts food in their mouths; even then, the appetite is not satisfied (Isa.55:2)! Many hardworking people are still eating in hardship! This shall not be the story of your life. Divine Favour comes to leverage your labour to become productive and profitable (Pro.14:23).

Many human beings are labouring and toiling in vain! Originally, in the Garden of Eden, there was no need for such back-breaking labour. Adam was empowered to “dress and keep” the garden – to cultivate, nurture, protect and tend it. He was meant to work with pleasure, not to toil in pain and torture. It was a “sweat-less,” sweet and enjoyable work. Man was not made for sweating, struggling, torture and toiling. Sin brought these in! Sweat came into the story of mankind in Genesis 3:17-19, after man had fallen and the ground was cursed for his sake! Labour, toiling and sweating were not part of God’s original plan for man. Sin and the fall brought labour and sorrow, weeds and suffering on the scene (Psa.90:10).

Praise God, redemption through Christ Jesus has restored the dignity of humanity. The “labour” recommended for believers is “labour in the Word” to enter into the “Rest of Faith” (Heb.4:11), as well as the “labour of love” (1Thes.1:3). Unfortunately, some of God’s children are not enjoying the full benefits of redemption, of which FAVOUR is major! God wants your life to be sweet, not to be full of sweat; to be pleasurable, not one that is filled with pressures and pain. He gives you abundant life to be enjoyed, not merely endured.

Beloved, your life will not end up in fruitless labour. You will encounter the Favour that delivers from fruitless labour! By the Word of the Lord, you will enter into the favour of God that’ll satisfy your mouth with good things (Psa.103:5).