The Dangers of God’s Favor Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about the Lord’s favor. The favor of God is a wonderful thing (Gen. 4:4; Luke 2:52; Acts 7:46). I personally know of few things in life that are as marvelous. However, there are several dangers attached to it. One of them is jealousy from others . . . typically from one’s peers or those who desire to be peers. Jealousy over God’s favor in Abel’s life cost him that life. His brother Cain grew insanely jealous and killed him over it. Saul became jealous because of the favor of God in David’s life. That jealousy moved him to try to kill David. Jesus Christ Himself was put to death by those who were envious of His life and ministry (Matt. 27:18; Mark 15:10). That jealousy seems to have taken root when Jesus was drawing larger crowds than both John the Baptist and the Pharisees: “The Pharisees heard that Jesus was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John . . . When the Lord learned of this, He left Judea and went back once more to Galilee” (John 4:1, 3).
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 17:32:55 +0000
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