Favor and Increase
What do those words mean to you? In the typical sense, favor would mean being granted something you long for or maybe it’s something unexpected. Increase would be more than you have.
Why do I bring those words up and ask you to ponder them? A “God-meeting” happened in my life this week. I did not plan to meet this person and I’m sure he did not plan to deliver me a message. Ken was going to meet with three men regarding a community-wide event that they want us to speak at. Ken asked me to take some time to meet these men and a little while after they arrived in our office, I joined them. I had been in the studio doing some on-air work when they arrived.
They are three very different men who have the best thing in common, the love of the Lord. Ken and I share their passion and a little while into our conversation about personal testimonies and the Freedom Fair, one of the men (a pastor) said he wanted me to know that the Lord had favor and increase in store for me in the coming months. Even as I write this, four days later, I am stunned and left questioning exactly what that means. If you know the Lord and have a personal relationship with Him then you know what these “God-meetings” and “God messages” are all about. I don’t believe in coincidences and I completely believe that this minister was being used to deliver me a personal message.
It was last year that God used another minister to give me a message. After a prayer gathering at which I spoke he said God wanted him to tell me to “Be Bold”. I didn’t know what it meant at the time but upon looking back and seeing where my life has gone over the last year I would have to say that stepping out from the “norm” and doing something bold is an understatement.
At this point, I don’t know what God means by Favor and Increase just like I didn’t understand what Be Bold was all about last year but I truly look forward to the next step of this journey we are on together.
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms who visit and read our blog.
Blessings,
Betsy


