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When
we cultivate God’s righteousness, His favor encircles and protects us like a
shield on every side. It shields us against the pressures of life. It comes between
us and the forces of evil that seek to destroy us — forces too powerful and
cunning for us to deal with in our own strength or wisdom. The favor of the
Lord also is typified by the cloud of His presence - like a cloud of the latter
rain, and it is also like dew on the grass. You never need to be spiritually
dry when you are walking under God’s favor
by Derek
Prince
“For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; with favor
You will surround him as with a
shield.” – Psalm 5:12
As this Scripture verse points out, the favor of the
Lord is like a shield that surrounds and protects a believer on every side.
No matter what difficulties or challenges may be
coming against you today, you can be confident that you are absolutely safe
under the Lord’s favor.
When we cultivate God’s righteousness, then His favor
encircles and protects us like a shield on every side.
It shields us against the pressures of life.
It comes between us and the forces of evil that seek
to destroy us — forces too powerful and cunning for us to deal with in our own
strength or wisdom.
We have no protection against these forces except the
invisible but also invincible shield provided for us in the Lord’s favor.
The favor of the Lord also is typified by the cloud of
His presence.
Proverbs 16:15
says, “In the light of the king’s face is life; and his favor is like a
cloud of the latter rain.”
So, when you have the favor of God on you, you are
walking under the cloud of the latter rain.
Proverbs 19:12
further tells us: “The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion; but his
favor is like dew upon the grass.”
So, God’s favor is like a cloud of the latter rain,
and it is also like dew on the grass.
You never need to be spiritually dry when you are walking under God’s favor!
Imparting God’s Blessings
If you walk in the favor of the Lord, you are able to
impart His blessings to other people (Genesis 12:2).
You can take the cloud and the dew of His favor with
you wherever you go. What could be a greater privilege than that?
Every humble child of God who walks under the cloud of
His favor is a “rain bringer,” precipitating His grace and His blessings to
everybody he comes in contact with.
There is a special fragrance about him, a unique
presence within him — something overshadowing him that goes everywhere he goes.
The apostle Paul describes this as “the fragrance
of Christ”:
“Thanks be
to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the
fragrance of His knowledge in every place. For we are to God the fragrance of
Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing” - (2 Corinthians 2:14-15).
God is still searching throughout the earth to find
those whose hearts are fully His (2 Chronicles 16:9).
When He finds such people, He will show Himself strong
on their behalf, manifesting divine favor in and through them for all the world
to see.
Let us choose to be such people.
Derek Prince (1915-2003) is an internationally
recognized Bible teacher and author with works translated in over 100
languages. Learn more at DerekPrince.org Source: A Heart Perfect Toward God,
Part 2, Through the Psalms (Chosen Books) by Derek Prince
https://inspiration.org/christian-articles/the-shield-of-gods-favor/
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