Season of Unusual Favour - Part 1

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This week Prophet Hari shares prophetic utterances over the month of September, and unpacks the mystery of unusual favour. We are expecting this season to be one of many testimonies, great rewards and reports. For those who believe, it will be a time of unusual favour.

There is a favour from God that cannot be explained. There are many wealthy people in the world, but not everyone who is wealthy enjoys the favour of God. There is a misconception that receiving a breakthrough is the same as receiving God’s favour. A breakthrough is the removal of resistance. It’s possible to experience a breakthrough but still not enter the favour of God. God’s favour is a higher dimension of grace. His favour is the most precious commodity that you can possess on the earth. It is the favour of God that makes you unstoppable. It’s easy to locate a favoured individual; they cannot and will not sink. Breakthrough is a single occurrence, favour is a daily lifestyle. For the favoured ones, divine results are not occasional but a daily matter. May divine results become your lifestyle!

In Exodus 33:13, Moses requests “Now therefore, if I have found favour in your sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favour in your sight.” He goes on to say, “Is it not in your going with us, so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?”

The favour of God is the nearness of God; the manifest presence of Jesus. The proof of favour is God going with you. When the Lord smiles upon you, your presence is confirmed with a superior presence. What makes us distinct is the manifest presence and glory of God coming with us. We stand out by hosting a measure of His glory.

Before Moses made his request, God promised to grant them victory and the supernatural. He was assuring them that He would fulfil the promise He made to Abraham and take them into the promised land. What more could they ask for? It’s possible to have all the evidence of God’s presence without God in your life. We don’t just want results, we want results with God! We don’t just want the fulfilment of the prophecy, we want God in it. We don’t just want movement, we want God in that movement.

The favour of God brings a revelation of His ways. His presence brings understanding. There are people that witness the acts of God, and then there are those that have the mind of God. There are degrees of favour and knowing God. The primary function of favour is to know Him! Favour unlocks God.

When we compare Zechariah and Mary’s divine encounters with an angel, we see that they asked similar questions but Zechariah was made mute, while Mary received answers. Why is that? The mystery is found in the greeting. To Mary, the angel called her highly favoured. Zechariah was getting an answer to prayer. That means that you can receive answers to prayer and still not be considered favoured. Mary didn’t pray any prayer, and yet because she was highly favoured, favour qualified her for answers and understanding. In the realms of the Spirit, you need to be qualified to ask certain questions and to receive certain answers. Zechariah was in a place to receive results, but not to understand how they would happen. When you are highly favoured, you receive things that you didn’t pray for!

When you find favour with God, divine information flows to you, the opposite is also true. May you grow wings and take off this month!