Favor
“And יהושע (Yeshua) increased in wisdom and stature, and in FAVOUR with Elohim and
men.” (Luke 2:52,
emphasis and insert mine)
“Let not
kindness and truth forsake you – Bind them around your neck, Write them on the
tablet of your heart, thus finding FAVOUR and good
insight In the eyes of Elohim and man.” (Pro 3:3-4, emphasis mine)
Most of us have been taught that friendship
with the world means being in opposition, and an enemy, to our Creator (see Jam
4:4), and to some extent, this is correct.
However, ‘favor’ is something completely different from friendship. The Hebrew word that has been translated as ‘grace’,
or ‘favor’, is the word chên
(Strong’s H2580), and can mean acceptance, and approval. Jeff Benner, in his Ancient Hebrew
Dictionary, defines chên as “The qualities
in a person or thing that give pleasure to the senses. Someone or something
that is desired, approved, favored or in agreement by another”[1]. Noah Webster also defines favor as: “to
regard with kindness; to support; to aid or have the disposition to aid; to wish
success to; to befriend; to encourage; to be merciful to”[2].
Favor with Abba Father is evident every
time a prayer or petition is answered, every time a need is met, and a care is
dealt with. Favor with our Elohim is His
acceptance and approval of us, something that is dependent on our actions and obedience, as we see from the
quoted verse in Proverbs.
Favor with man is found when doors have been opened that no man could possibly
have opened. When trust is established
where there has never been trust before – this is walking in the favor of
man. Favor does not mean that everyone will like us; Messiah Yeshua had favor, and
the Word says that “He was despised and rejected by men” (Isa 53:3). When we walk
with the favor (approval) and integrity of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, He will see to it that we walk
with the favor (approval) and integrity of men.
Do we need this favor to fulfill our Elohim’s
work here on earth? If our Messiah
Yeshua walked with favor, should we not do so also? But what are the conditions we need to meet to walk in the favor of our Creator? To those of us who profess to belong to the
Elohim of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, it is really very simple:
“My son, DO NOT forget my
Torah, And let your heart WATCH OVER my commands; For length of days and long
life And peace they add to you. LET NOT
kindness and truth forsake you – Bind them around your neck, Write them on the
tablet of your heart, Thus finding favour and good insight In the eyes of
Elohim and man.” (Pro 3:1-4, emphasis mine)
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