At points in our lives, we all desire promotion in and through God. After all, promotion in God brings deeper relationship with Him, and promotion in our call allows us to do more for Him. Additionally, promotion, when coming from God, brings great favor. However, one thing we tend to overlook is that both promotion and favor come with responsibilities.
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Promotion can come from God or from man. However, while there may be similarities within both types of promotion, only promotion from God comes with pure, long-lasting benefits.
When man promotes us without the prompting of God and we take it—thinking it is from God or not—we may still find a level of favor, but it will be nothing like the unmerited favor of God. Further, it is going to be much more difficult to maintain, to find joy in, to be led by the Holy Spirit and to find rest in it. Basically, it has no lasting place because it was not meant to be a stop on our journey—even if God’s promotion for us was to be similar.
Yet, when God brings promotion as we are listening and abiding in the place where He desires us to receive it… miracles happen. We are granted strength to do things for and in God that we thought were beyond us. We are able to stay the course, to find joy, peace, and rest even in the trying days, as the Holy Spirit guides us. Additionally, we are blessed with unmerited favor—favor not earned, beyond what should be our portion, and often leading to supernatural results or acceleration.
This favor is the sort that causes us to stare wide-eyed at what is going on; overwhelmed that God would move in such ways to bless us and those around us. That He would use us.
Unmerited favor is beautiful, and while it is a perfect gift from God, it is important to keep our hearts and eyes ultimately fixed on Him so that we do not get lost in seeking what is in His hand.
PROMOTION leads to FAVOR, both of which lead to RESPONSIBILITY!
Still, what does promotion and favor mean for us?
Well, it means that we have resources and connections to do the things God would have us do. It means that we are less likely to waste time on unimportant things, as God opens doors of favor. It means that because we are not qualified for the position God has put us in, He gets all the glory. It means that we are not in the same season as before, that we have shifted into a new season with God. And it means that more is expected of us in our behavior, words, and thoughts. That we have a greater level of responsibility; not only in our walk with God, but with those He puts in our path.
