Psalms 102:13 ‘Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.’
DAILY READING – • – John 18:38-19:16; 2 Chronicles 29; Psalm 85
Sam Walton, who was once the richest man in the world, was the founder of Wal-mart which is one of the world’s largest corporations. He built Wal-Mart into the biggest retailer in the world, transforming the way Americans shopped and making himself very rich in the process. However what is interesting is that he began his business supposedly late in life. He was already forty four years old when he opened the first Walmart store.
After serving as an Army captain in an intelligence unit during World War II, Walton returned from the war with virtually nothing. However with a $25,000 loan from his father-in-law, he decided to go into business. And in 1962 Walton opened his first Wal-Mart store in Rogers, Arkansas. Success was swift. By 1976 Wal-Mart was a publicly traded company with share value worth of $176 million. By the early 1990s, Wal-Mart’s stock worth had jumped to $45 billion. And in 1991 Wal-Mart had become America’s largest retailer.
Sam Walton, who was a devout Christian and taught Sunday School for most of his adult life, believed that it was the favour of God that gave him divine acceleration. And one of his key access to divine favour was his dedication to the cause of God’s kingdom. He was a tither and great philanthropist who gave to many Christian causes. At his death he left an estimated $100 billion fortune to his wife and four children. However, he was such a strong believer in tithing that through several legal provisions on his trust funds he made it impossible for his descendants not to tithe on the revenues of his company and on their inheritance. And as a result of these legal provisions, today, all Waltons, not only tithe, but also give offerings from their inheritance.
Sam Walton’s dedication to the cause of God’s kingdom undoubtedly was key to his success. And though by human estimation, he may have started out late in business, through God’s favour, he overtook many people who had gone ahead of him.
Psalms 102:13-14 says ‘Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.’
When you take pleasure in the stones of Zion; when you are dedicated to the building and expansion of God’s kingdom, there is always a set time for God to favour you. No matter how hard or long you may have been laboring, suddenly God can turn things around for you. He can pull the switch of His favor and take you from the background to the foreground.
Time is generally defined in the Greek as “chronos” and “kairos”.
“Chronos” is the Chronological calculation of time in seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, etc. But “Kairos” represents an unplanned, unexpected and unscheduled time of divine visitation. Suddenly God can bypass protocol to put you in positions you didn’t earn, didn’t qualify for, or weren’t next in line to receive.
The truth is that the destiny God has for you cannot be accomplished merely by your own strength. The places He is going to take you to, you can’t get there by yourself.
Hardwork and diligence are important and will take us up to a certain height in life, however, it will take God’s favour to cause our cup to run over. When God breathes His favor on you, sudden divine orchestration takes place that accelerates you from the back to the front. Divine favour sometimes cannot be explained or articulated by the human mind; How can you explain Joseph, a prisoner becoming a prime minster in Egypt overnight? Or how do you explain, Esther, a Jewish orphan girl, replacing an established Queen as Vashti on the throne of Shushan?
As you remain faithful in serving God and seeking His kingdom first, God knows how to turn the tables in your favor. When your desire is for the expansion of God’s kingdom, God will accelerate your dreams. What should have taken you many years to accomplish, God will do in a sudden moment. In Deuteronomy 6:11, God said when we honor Him, He would give us houses that we did not build and we would reap from vineyards that we did not plant. Indeed God can give you favour in the place of labour. And one touch of His favor is worth more than a lifetime of labor.
PRAYER: Lord, thank You for surrounding me with Your favour as a shield. You are the God of miracles, signs and wonders and I know that even now You are able to suddenly intervene in my situation and move me up by Your divine power in Jesus Name.
Quote :
Nothing liberates like truth, the truth you know and act upon will set you free.- WORDBITE 222..