- We
have favour and uncommon favour, anyone at all can receive favour but
uncommon favour comes upon those who have deep connection with God.
- Uncommon
favour brings uncommon blessings.
UNCOMMON
FAVOUR MOVES PEOPLE FROM
1. SHAME to FAME
2. INSULT to RESULT
3. DISGRACE to GRACE
4. DISAPPOINTMENT to APPOINTMENT
5. STORY to GLORY
- Heaven
has never failed to react any time it is provoked
- Your
actions and inactions have the ability to either provoke God to anger or
provoke Him to bless you, the type of reactions you get from heaven is all
determined by you!
HOW
DO WE PROVOKE UNCOMMON FAVOUR:
1Kings
3:3-5
And
Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he
sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. And the king went to Gibeon to
sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings
did Solomon offer upon that altar. In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a
dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
- According
to the above scriptures, heaven responded to Solomon in a way it has never
responded to anyone before; the level of favour Solomon enjoyed with God was
extraordinary, and this clearly placed him ahead and above all kings that ever
ruled in Israel or Judah.
What was the secret?
Why would God single
out a man for a level of exceptional favour which no one has ever enjoyed?
The scripture reveals
that God is no respecter of persons, Solomon at the very beginning of his reign
discovered the secrets of provoking heaven for uncommon favour, he
engaged the right keys, and that was why heaven responded in a special way!
I.
Solomon
loved God
- Solomon’s burnt
offering of thousands was unusual; before him, it’s not on record that anyone
has ever offered burnt offerings of thousands to God!
- According
to the scriptures, Solomon loved the Lord, and it was this love that actually
propelled him to give in a dimension that no one has done before.
- Love
is a very strong force that drives a man to go the extra mile for God.
- A
man that is propelled by love for God will never consider any sacrifice too
much to make for Him!
- There’s
no way you can provoke heaven for uncommon favour if you are the type that does
not put God first in all things.
- Your
love for God is demonstrated in the way you handle your relationship with Him.
- If
other things have taken the place of God in your heart so much that you have
pushed God to the back seat in your
plans, thoughts, considerations, dreams, aspirations and pursuits in life,
there’s no way heaven can release uncommon favour upon you.
- Uncommon
favour gets attracted to you once God is attracted to you; when you deeply love
the Lord, He will be attracted to you.
II.
The
size of your offerings:
ΓΌ Everything
Solomon gave to the Lord was given in thousands:
· a
thousand ram,
· a
thousand oxen,
· a
thousand sheep,
· all
things in thousands!!!
- Solomon’s
sacrifice was the first of its kind, it was ground-breaking!
- Since
he gave to God in a dimension nobody has ever done, God also responded to him
in a way He has not responded to anyone before!
- Wide
and permanent doors were opened in heaven upon Solomon so much that he
experienced unceasing harvests and uncommon favour throughout the years he reigned
as king.
- Truth
is, the size of your seeds will determine the size of your harvests! According
to 2 Cor. 9:6, he who sows sparingly
shall reap also sparingly; and he who sows bountifully shall reap also
bountifully.
- There’s
no limit to the harvest heaven can deliver to you, it’s the size of your seeds
however that determines the size of harvests you receive.
- One
of the indisputable laws of harvest is that bountiful harvests always follow
generous sowing just as day follows night!
Title : PROVOKING UNCOMMON FAVOUR
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