Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace
with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by
faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of
God.
Romans 5:1–2
Accessing
God’s Unmerited Favor
How do you access God’s unmerited favor? How do you walk
in a greater measure of it?
Romans 5:2 clearly spells out that “we have access by
faith into this grace [unmerited favor] in which we stand.” So to gain access
to and increase in God’s unmerited favor, the key that we need to have is
faith—faith to believe that we are indeed highly favored by God!
Why can we believe that we are highly favored by God?
Ephesians 1:6 tells us that by God’s grace (unmerited
favor), God “made us accepted in the Beloved.” In the original Greek text, the
word “accepted” is the word charitoo, which means “highly favored.”
So because God has placed you in Christ the Beloved, you
are highly favored! Look at yourself in the mirror every morning and boldly
declare, “Because I am in Christ, I am highly favored! So I expect good things
to come my way.” Beloved, live life conscious of the fact that God highly
favors you and you will experience even more of His favor!
BLESSINGS
JOSEPH PRINCE
