RR The Favor Lens By David Harwood
Shavuah Tov,
God’s favor is as certain as His love. The certainty of His acting favorably towards us is as sure as tomorrow’s sunrise. (Hosea 6:3) His intervening love is everlasting – it is always reliable. Our experience of His favor is like daily bread.
Favor (charis/grace) proceeds from love. Since we know that God loves us, we need to cultivate the expectation of certain favor. This necessity flows from the Messiah’s direction. For the sake of our souls, Yeshua commanded us to abide in His love.
“Just as the Father has loved Me, I also have loved you. Abide in My love! (John 15:9)
I must reiterate this: grace proceeds from love.
But God was rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us. Even when we were dead in our trespasses, He made us alive together with Messiah. (By charis/grace/favor you have been saved!) (Ephesians 2:4–5)
The degree of grace we receive is determined by the extent of the love God has for us.
In Him we have redemption through His blood—the removal of trespasses—in keeping with the richness of His grace (charis/favor) that He lavished on us. (Ephesians 1:7–8a)
The amount of favor we experience in daily life is connected to our experience of the love of God that is in Yeshua.
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Messiah Yeshua our Lord. (Romans 8:38–39)
Allow me to remind us that in the same way God’s love is located in Yeshua, so also is His favor.
Therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace (charis/favor) that is in Messiah Yeshua. (2 Timothy 2:1)
Can anything separate us from the Father’s love that is in Yeshua? No, and nothing can halt His expression of that love – the charis of God. By the way, have you noticed that one sparks faith in the other? If we experience the love of God, we find that our expectation of favor is empowered. If we want the increase of our experience of favor, we may strategically seek the increase of our apprehension of God’s love.
Speaking of expectation, do we expect to experience God’s love? If so, we should anticipate experiencing His favor. After all, as we wrote earlier, Father’s grace towards us proceeds from His love for us. Hoping to experience His favor is a logical consequence of knowing the love of God that is in Yeshua. (Romans 8:38–39)
We are to view life through the grid of God’s grace. “The Grace Grid”... I think I’ll add that to my vocabulary. Hmmm, maybe “The Framework of Father’s Favor”? After all, it is written:
What then shall we say in view of these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how shall He not also with Him freely give us all things? (Romans 8:31–32)
Let’s take a moment and concentrate on the fact that because God favors us, He is for us. God is with us. God is for us. To what degree is He for us? His favor is commensurate with the love with which He loves us.
God is for us.
Then my enemies will turn back in the day I call. This I know—that God is for me. In God—I keep praising His word— in Adonai—I keep praising His word— in God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? (Psalm 56:10–12)
Adonai is for me—I will not fear! What can man do to me? Adonai is for me, as my helper. I will see the downfall of those who hate me. (Psalm 118:6–7)
To what degree is He for us? Let’s return to Romans 8. This is a definitive word that describes the intensity of God’s determination to act upon the favor He has for us.
Now we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to His purpose. (Romans 8:28)
Let us press on to interpret our pasts, presents, and expectations, from that perspective. Perceive life through The Grace Grid. Why not? After all, God is for you.
Day 43 of the Omer
Daily Bread, reading plan by Lars Enarson (https://www.thewatchman.org/)
Sun17-May-2026 1st of Sivan, 5786 Rosh Chodesh SivanDayDe 14:22-29Jer 11-12Job 32Ro 12 (Mt 28)
God’s favor is as certain as His love. The certainty of His acting favorably towards us is as sure as tomorrow’s sunrise. (Hosea 6:3) His intervening love is everlasting – it is always reliable. Our experience of His favor is like daily bread.
Favor (charis/grace) proceeds from love. Since we know that God loves us, we need to cultivate the expectation of certain favor. This necessity flows from the Messiah’s direction. For the sake of our souls, Yeshua commanded us to abide in His love.
“Just as the Father has loved Me, I also have loved you. Abide in My love! (John 15:9)
I must reiterate this: grace proceeds from love.
But God was rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us. Even when we were dead in our trespasses, He made us alive together with Messiah. (By charis/grace/favor you have been saved!) (Ephesians 2:4–5)
The degree of grace we receive is determined by the extent of the love God has for us.
In Him we have redemption through His blood—the removal of trespasses—in keeping with the richness of His grace (charis/favor) that He lavished on us. (Ephesians 1:7–8a)
The amount of favor we experience in daily life is connected to our experience of the love of God that is in Yeshua.
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Messiah Yeshua our Lord. (Romans 8:38–39)
Allow me to remind us that in the same way God’s love is located in Yeshua, so also is His favor.
Therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace (charis/favor) that is in Messiah Yeshua. (2 Timothy 2:1)
Can anything separate us from the Father’s love that is in Yeshua? No, and nothing can halt His expression of that love – the charis of God. By the way, have you noticed that one sparks faith in the other? If we experience the love of God, we find that our expectation of favor is empowered. If we want the increase of our experience of favor, we may strategically seek the increase of our apprehension of God’s love.
Speaking of expectation, do we expect to experience God’s love? If so, we should anticipate experiencing His favor. After all, as we wrote earlier, Father’s grace towards us proceeds from His love for us. Hoping to experience His favor is a logical consequence of knowing the love of God that is in Yeshua. (Romans 8:38–39)
We are to view life through the grid of God’s grace. “The Grace Grid”... I think I’ll add that to my vocabulary. Hmmm, maybe “The Framework of Father’s Favor”? After all, it is written:
What then shall we say in view of these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how shall He not also with Him freely give us all things? (Romans 8:31–32)
Let’s take a moment and concentrate on the fact that because God favors us, He is for us. God is with us. God is for us. To what degree is He for us? His favor is commensurate with the love with which He loves us.
God is for us.
Then my enemies will turn back in the day I call. This I know—that God is for me. In God—I keep praising His word— in Adonai—I keep praising His word— in God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? (Psalm 56:10–12)
Adonai is for me—I will not fear! What can man do to me? Adonai is for me, as my helper. I will see the downfall of those who hate me. (Psalm 118:6–7)
To what degree is He for us? Let’s return to Romans 8. This is a definitive word that describes the intensity of God’s determination to act upon the favor He has for us.
Now we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to His purpose. (Romans 8:28)
Let us press on to interpret our pasts, presents, and expectations, from that perspective. Perceive life through The Grace Grid. Why not? After all, God is for you.
Day 43 of the Omer
Daily Bread, reading plan by Lars Enarson (https://www.thewatchman.org/)
Sun17-May-2026 1st of Sivan, 5786 Rosh Chodesh SivanDayDe 14:22-29Jer 11-12Job 32Ro 12 (Mt 28)
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