Call for Favor

Scripture:

Psalm 90:17  "And let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it."

Observation:

The Psalmist tells the Lord that he wants the favor of the Lord to be upon his life.  He asks for favor and he also asks that the Lord would establish the work of his hands.  He realized that he needed to work hard, but that only the Lord could establish his work and make it strong.

Application:

We need the favor of God on our lives.  When there is favor, the work of our hands gets established and becomes strong.  When favor is on our lives, we will see God's kingdom established through our lives.  We can work really hard, but if God's favor is not on our lives, we are just working and staying busy.  When God's favor comes into our lives, things get established and become strong.

Prayer:

Father, let Your favor be upon my life as it was so many characters in the Bible.  Establish the work of my hands with Your blessing.  Let the work of my hands be strengthened and established on You as the rock of all.  I don't want to work in vain, but want the works that I do to be established by You.

Your Son,
Jeff