Keys to Building a Blessed BusinessSample

Perhaps the most crucial and often misunderstood key would be favor.

3. Favor

Favor refers to the approval that we receive from God when we are working as for Him and not for man. Having God’s favor requires us to live the lifestyle that He has laid out before us, and to seek Him on a daily basis. When we have the favor of the Lord, we are gifted with the wisdom and understanding to acknowledge our obstacles, but not be discouraged by them.

It is this favor that will lead to true blessing both within our personal lives as well as professional careers.

If you scan the pages of your Bible and study the people within it who saved nations and changed history, you’ll discover that many of them had something in common.

It wasn’t fame.

It wasn’t fortune.

It wasn’t followers.

They found favor.

We can’t produce God’s presence, but we can be positioned for it through humility and faithfulness. In the same way, we must actively seek wisdom, we must assume the posture for God’s hand to rest on us. When you’re faithful, favor will find you. If you follow Jesus, favor will follow you.

Ask for God’s favor every morning and ask Him to open your eyes to see it when it comes. Ask Him to help you recognize His favor when it shows up dressed like frustration, fear, or failure.

In a world striving for success, it’s easy to forget favor. But God’s Word makes this clear: it’s the secret to leaving a legacy.

Pursuing God’s favor this week may look like asking for forgiveness, standing firm in your beliefs, or being more faithful in the little things. Don’t just pray for favor, live and lead in such a way that favor finds you!

Say this prayer with me:

God, I come to you today in search of the favor that you have blessed so many before me with. Provide me with the path necessary to reach your favor, so that I may walk in it. Allow me to have the wisdom to remain faithful not only with the large, but with the little things. Forgive my transgressions, and give me the courage to continue walking in favor when my path becomes difficult to follow.

Amen.