Rivers of Living Water...

T asked the following questions...

1)Someone told me yesterday that she knows she is "highly favored." I have to be honest, I absolutely cringe when I hear talk like that. I do NOT understand what that means. Does that mean there is someone who is NOT "highly favored?" Does that mean that God would create someone and NOT "favor" him/her? Does that mean that God has "favorites" over people HE CREATED? I hear soooo many "Christians" claim to be "highly favored" and I'm thinking if someone is, that would mean, just by definition, that there must be someone who is not. How is this possible? Are you "highly favored" just because you believe in God and try to live like Jesus? Are you not highly favored because you don't? I just don't get it...like at all...and it bothers me big time.

When someone says that they are blessed and highly favored they are simply speaking favor over their life. Biblically we are all saved by grace which is simply unmerited favor. We don’t do anything to earn it. It’s G-ds gift to us. But when someone says that they are “blessed and highly favored” they are speaking more favor over their life. They are talking about favor with man. They are operating in a biblical principle by speaking what they want to show up in their life (Gen 1,Roman 4:17) . Our mouth is what G-d has given us to stop the enemy and to cause things to show up in our life (psalms 8) God has ordained strength in our mouths and it is also what he has given us dominion with. They are not insinuating that anyone else is not favored because G-d calls us the apple of his eye (Deut 32:10, Psalm 17:8, Lam 2:8), his beloved(psalm 60:5, 108:6, 3John1:2) . They are simply claiming something that they have a right to claim. Favor is better than money--favor will cause someone to give you what you need, want and desire. When you operate in favor you don’t have to worry about using your resources to get done what you need done. You need to be speaking it. Don’t let it bother you--you speak it and believe it when you say it so that it can operate in your life.

2)How do you know when it's time to cut someone off?
The mere fact that you ask the question is an indication that you all ready know that it’s time to let that relationship go. G-d is dealing with you on it and you are fighting it because you feel as though it’s wrong for YOU to do something like that. We always try to reason G-d’ advice when the simple fact is, the reason is irrelevant. He can see further than us so we need to just heed him and move on.
You asked that I not use Ecclesiastes 3 as a biblical reference so I won’t--even though that text allows us to understand that our lives are lived in seasons. Everything is about a season--an appointed time. Relationships can only curse us or bless us. It’s black and white. So, if you look at Genesis 12 when G-d told Abraham to leave his family--he was moving him from people that didn’t serve G-d and that's always a hindrance or later in Genesis 13 when he and Lot have to separate because of strife and because he also was not a servant of G-d. Again knew the end from the beginning-so he saw Lot’s daughters sleeping with him and bearing children who would be enemies of G-d all their generations. Lot was able to get out of circumstanse because abraham always interceeded for him or bailed him out. But you could also go to 2 Chronicles 19:2 when G-d asks Jehoshaphat why he is friends with someone who hates G-d. You see, G-d knows the hearts of people towards us. He knows those that go to church and fake, he knows that being hooked up to certain people will be unprofitable for us. Our relationships determine or destiny, our success and our promotion. You already feel that you need to let her go--let her go. I have had to let plenty of people go. Know that this is not the only time you will have to do it.

With that said, be sure to pray about everything that I have said to be sure that it lines up with what he is currently speaking to you.

As always,

Be Blessed.

Chosen

Tomorrow--The woman's anointing...