I woke up recently with two numbers in my head, 30 and 44. When I looked in the bible there is not a single chapter 30 with 44 verses so I read Psalm 30 and Psalm 44 together. I was impressed by the same word found in both psalms, the word favour.
Ps 30:5 For His anger is but for a moment, His favour is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.
Ps 30:7 LORD, by Your favour You have made my mountain stand strong;
Ps 44:3 For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, Because You favoured them.
The Hebrew word, ratson, is translated in the AV as ‘favour’ (15 times), ‘will’ (14), ‘acceptable’ (8), ‘delight’ (5), ‘pleasure’ (5)
We are talking about God’s favour, God’s will, God’s pleasure, God’s delight, God’s acceptance.
God’s favour endures for a life time. It was God’s favour that brought the children of Israel into the land of promise. God’s favour is upon us.
Some people might be looking at their current circumstances and thinking “This is God’s favour? I was better off without it.!”
Listen! Look again at Ps 44:3. For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, Because You favored them.
God’s will does not come to pass in our lives automatically. God does not do it to us. He does it through us.
Knowing that we have God’s favour should inspire faith to fight! Enemy giants inhabited the land of promise. It was God’s will, God’s pleasure, God’s delight, God’s favour, to give them the land. He told them that he had already given it to them but they still had to fight for it.
Do not accept every bad thing that comes into your life. Do not think this set back, this sickness, this poverty, this homelessness, is God’s will for me. God’s will for you is salvation. God’s will for you is to lay hold of the promises he has made. God’s favour towards you is well being in spirit soul and body. Know this in your knower. Let this knowledge inspire faith to fight.