Favor With God - Lisa Patterson

Favor- I Samuel 17:8. David was rejected by his Father. Samuel anointed David as King. I Sam 18:8 says they were jealous of David getting in the Palace. He felt as if he was not needed when he was tending the sheep in the sheepfold although he was told he was going to be a King one day. How many have been told they have the anointing on them and are in the sheepfold? God has a way of taking greatness and hiding it till it's ready(behind the covenant).Greatness has to be recognized by the Spirit-not by familiarity. You do not always have time to learn the person.There's more in a person than what you can see. Jesus didn't look different than any of the others and was rejected just like anybody else.He was a common man with all the gifts the Holy Spirit had. But was not noticed as that. So you may have all kinds of gifts and nobody knows it.
God hides greatness behind the common.  Greatness is not learned, it is recognized. Most people don't stay but for a season. People come in seasons from where they are supposed to be. It is God's grace that you have his peace.
If the oil has your name on it, nobody can get it even if they get up there before you. David is the only one whose whole life was followed in the Bible. It started from 12 yrs. old until he died. When you get a word from God, you will have to go back to work and wait till He's ready for you to complete it. David was a Shepherd first even though he was a King.
I Sam.16:6 God chooses the one who is doing something and not lazy. your vision is for an appointed time and that's all you get. There are no details. Get in preparation for what you are to do. God expects change. David was anointed King at 12 yrs. of age and had to wait till the appointed time. From that day on he was tending Sheep. He was rejected by Jesse, his Father. He didn't do anything to deserve that but we have to give it to God and let him handle it. If you do not it will eat at you and cause problems in you and your household. Rejection hurts and it's hard to deal with because it is a heart issue. You cannot let it tangle up the affairs of life and hide it forever. It will manifest one way or another and it won't be pretty. It will come out because God did not design us to keep things in that do not belong there! Let go of anything that hurts and you don't understand. You can get rejected because that person was rejected in their life also. It can be a family line issue.
Rejection is listed in Mark 12:10. The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief Cornerstone. This was the Lord's doing and it is marvelous
 in our eyes. The Webster's Dictionary defines rejection as: 1) To refuse to acknowledge, believe, receive, to decline to accept. 2) to throw away as useless, unsatisfactory, to discard. 3) To refuse to listen to a person or grant a request. It is because of what has happened and the person may think God doesn't really want to help even though He loves you, but He does. It causes all kinds of family issues and can cause health issues. You have to give it to God. You may not know where it came from and may be in the family blood line. But give it to God right away and you will see the difference. Don't let fear hold you back and wondering if you will lose something if you let go, because you will gain to let go and lose to hang on. If you keep something God did not give you, He is authorized to take back something He gave you! This is His Law that we cannot have what He did not give us and He can take back what He did give us if we do not follow instructions he gave you. We are only given what He wants us to have.
The oil doesn't flow until it gets to the one who has it. So don't try to keep it away if God has given it to you. It is a gift from the Heavenly Father and He is showing us examples in His word of all kinds of people with all kinds of problems. But He will deliver us out of them all. Amen!  The Lord said He is not causing our problems we are facing. We need to listen to His voice and none other to not be confused. He loves us with an everlasting love we cannot understand and does not want us in turmoil. Be glad to do the things He has called you to do so as to hear Him more and do the great works He has called you to do. This is Lisa Patterson with the Good News that Jesus Loves You and wants you to come to Him today!