Sermon
The Power of Favour [Part 1]
Preached by Pst Sunday Adebamiro. Scripture: Ruth 2:1-12 (NLT)
Play transcript The Power of Favour [Part 1]
Preached by Pst Sunday Adebamiro. Scripture: Ruth 2:1-12 (NLT)
Key scripture
1 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
4 And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.
8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:
9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.
10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Minister: Pst Sunday Adebamiro
Topic: The Power of Favour
Text: Ruth 2:1-12 (NLT)
Favour is one subject-matter that has been preached again and again, amazingly the more it is preached, it seems, the less people understand it. I have since come to the conclusion that the reason most people don’t understand it is because they are not working in the reality of what favour can deliver. In fact, just enjoying as much as 5{cbddd170cb348b69519d929ad551ae07dde408647912e3df9f6d884fe1043757} of what favour can do, your life will be much more better than it currently is. Favour is yet to be well maximized in the body of Christ. This is why I want to open your eyes today to what favour can do.
Why is favour important?
- Favour gives divine advantage. We live in a world where we daily complete. We live in a world rife with imbalance, a world with disequilibrium. The pressure is so high, the competition is stiff. If you put out an advert today for a role that can accommodate 100 people, you may likely get thousands of applicants. So how would a choice be made in sifting the 100 people to be picked out of the thousands who applied and are all talented or qualified? This is where favour comes in. Favour gives advantage, divine advantage. Favour can transpose you from wherever you are to where you need to be. Favour can give you things bigger than your ability, your finance, your connection.
- Favour gives speed by collapsing time that is lost. Some of us started life at a disadvantage. In the text, Ruth was not even a staff in Boaz’s establishment, she was only picking things from the field left over after the harvest. Yet, she earned favour. Favour equalizes, not only can it close the gap it can give you advantage. It can help you overtake, and recoup lost time. Joel 2:25a (NLT)- The Lord says, “I will give you back what you lost to the swarming locusts, the hopping locusts, the stripping locusts, and the cutting locusts. Time is one of the most difficult things to recoup, it is so vital because once it is lost it cannot be reclaimed save by favour. Only favour can reclaim lost time. People do all sort to cover deficit of time. They scheme, lie, steal and do all sort to cover deficit, the same thing favour can grant you. Ruth in the text started from the corner of the field but ended up as Boaz’s wife, only by favour.
