You Have Favor with God and Man: Walking in Divine Preference

There’s something supernatural happening in your life right now that you might not even realize. It’s invisible to the naked eye but more powerful than any earthly influence. It’s working behind the scenes, opening doors, creating opportunities, and positioning you for breakthrough. It’s God’s favor, and it’s surrounding you like a shield of divine preference.

The Shield of Divine Favor

Psalm 5:12 reveals a profound truth about how God operates in the lives of the righteous: “For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.” This isn’t just poetic language—it’s a spiritual reality. God’s favor isn’t something you occasionally experience; it’s something that constantly surrounds you.

Imagine a shield that’s invisible to others but creates supernatural protection and preference wherever you go. This shield doesn’t just defend—it attracts. It doesn’t just protect—it promotes. It doesn’t just guard—it guides you into divine opportunities that others might miss entirely.

Understanding Divine Favor

It’s Unmerited Grace in Action

Favor isn’t something you earn through good behavior or spiritual performance. It’s God’s unmerited grace expressing itself through supernatural preference. You don’t qualify for it—you simply receive it because of who you are in Christ.

It’s Supernatural Influence

Favor gives you influence beyond your natural abilities, resources, or connections. It causes people to say yes when logic says no. It opens doors that credentials can’t open. It creates opportunities that networking can’t manufacture.

It’s Divine Timing Alignment

Favor positions you in the right place at the right time with the right people. What others call luck or coincidence, you recognize as God’s favor orchestrating divine appointments and supernatural connections.

The Anatomy of Favor

Favor with God

This is the foundation of all other favor. When you have favor with God, you have:

• Access to His presence through prayer
• Assurance of His love and acceptance
• Authority to operate in His power
• Alignment with His purposes and plans

Favor with Man

This is the expression of God’s favor through human relationships. It manifests as:

• Unexpected kindness from strangers
• Preferential treatment in business dealings
• Open doors in career opportunities
• Supernatural connections with influential people

The Story of Jennifer’s Promotion

Jennifer had been working at the same company for three years, consistently performing well but seemingly invisible to upper management. She had applied for several promotions but was always passed over for candidates with more experience or advanced degrees.

One morning, she decided to pray specifically for God’s favor in her workplace. She declared, “Lord, I believe You surround me with favor like a shield. Open doors that no man can shut and give me favor with my supervisors.”

That afternoon, the CEO was walking through her department—something that rarely happened. He stopped at her desk and asked about a project she was working on. Their brief conversation revealed her innovative approach to a company-wide challenge.

Within two weeks, Jennifer was promoted to a newly created position that perfectly matched her skills and passion. Her supervisor later told her, “I don’t know what it is about you, but when the CEO mentioned your name, everyone in the room immediately agreed you were the right person for this role.”

That’s favor in action—supernatural influence that transcends natural qualifications.

Recognizing God’s Favor in Your Life

Unexpected Opportunities

Doors opening that you didn’t knock on, opportunities arising that you didn’t pursue, connections forming that you didn’t initiate—these are signs of favor at work.

Supernatural Provision

Needs being met through unexpected sources, resources appearing just when you need them, financial breakthroughs that defy your circumstances—favor often manifests as supernatural provision.

Preferential Treatment

People going out of their way to help you, receiving better service than others, being chosen when you weren’t the obvious candidate—these are expressions of favor through human agents.

Divine Protection

Being spared from accidents, avoiding negative consequences that others experience, being in the right place at the right time—favor often protects you from harm you never even knew was coming.

Activating Your Favor

1. Acknowledge It

Start recognizing and acknowledging the favor that’s already operating in your life. What you acknowledge, you activate. What you appreciate, you attract more of.

2. Declare It

Speak favor over your life daily. Declare, “I have favor with God and man. Doors are opening for me. People are drawn to help me. I am surrounded by God’s favor like a shield.”

3. Expect It

Go through your day expecting favor to manifest. Look for it, anticipate it, and position yourself to receive it.

4. Steward It

When you experience favor, use it wisely. Don’t take it for granted or use it selfishly. Favor is given to bless others through you.

The Multiplication Effect of Favor

When you walk in favor, you become a favor-carrier for others. Your presence brings blessing to your family, workplace, and community. You become a conduit through which God’s favor flows to others.

Businesses prosper when favor-carriers work there. Families are blessed when favor-carriers lead them. Communities are transformed when favor-carriers live in them. Your favor doesn’t just benefit you—it creates an atmosphere of blessing wherever you go.

Overcoming Favor Blockers

Unworthiness Mindset

Favor isn’t based on your worthiness—it’s based on God’s goodness. Stop disqualifying yourself and start receiving what God freely gives.

Comparison with Others

Favor manifests differently in different lives. Don’t compare your favor to someone else’s. God has a unique favor package designed specifically for your purpose and calling.

Fear of Standing Out

Favor often makes you stand out from the crowd. Don’t shrink back from the attention or opportunities that favor brings. God wants to showcase His goodness through your life.

Guilt About Receiving

Some people feel guilty about receiving preferential treatment. Remember, favor isn’t unfair—it’s supernatural. God can bless you without taking away from others.

Living in the Favor Zone

The favor zone is that supernatural space where God’s preference surrounds you, His blessing follows you, and His opportunities find you. In the favor zone:

• Doors open that were previously closed
• People help you without being asked
• Resources appear when you need them
• Opportunities multiply beyond your efforts
• Influence expands beyond your qualifications
• Impact increases beyond your expectations

Your Favor Declaration

Right now, declare these truths over your life:

“I have favor with God and man. God surrounds me with favor like a shield. Doors are opening for me that no man can shut. People are drawn to help me and bless me. I am positioned for supernatural opportunities and divine connections. God’s favor goes before me, follows me, and surrounds me. I walk in divine preference because I am a child of the Most High God.”

The Urgency of Favor

In a competitive world where everyone is fighting for the same opportunities, favor gives you a supernatural advantage. While others struggle to open doors through networking and credentials, favor opens doors through divine intervention.

Your favor isn’t just for your benefit—it’s for the benefit of everyone whose life you’re called to touch. The world needs favor-carriers who can access resources, influence, and opportunities that can be used to advance God’s kingdom and bless humanity.

Conclusion: Walking in Divine Preference

God’s favor isn’t a sometimes thing—it’s an always thing. It’s not dependent on your performance—it’s dependent on His character. It’s not limited by your circumstances—it’s empowered by His sovereignty.

You don’t have to beg for favor, work for favor, or worry about losing favor. You simply need to recognize it, receive it, and walk in it. The shield of God’s favor is already surrounding you. The doors of opportunity are already positioned to open. The divine connections are already being orchestrated.

Your job isn’t to create favor—it’s to cooperate with the favor that’s already yours. Stop living beneath your favor privileges. Stop accepting less than God’s best. Stop settling for ordinary when you’re surrounded by supernatural preference.

You have favor with God and man. It’s time to walk like it, talk like it, and live like it. Your favor is not just changing your life—it’s positioning you to change the lives of everyone around you.

The shield of favor surrounds you. The doors of opportunity await you. The divine preference of Almighty God rests upon you.

Walk in your favor. It’s already yours.

[Walk in Favor]