Standing Out Through GOD's Favor | John Giftah | Christian Sermon

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0:46 Speaker 2: Hello everyone, Welcome to this edition of the Fuel for

0:48 Speaker 2: the Soul with John Gifta podcast where we're doing a

0:50 Speaker 2: series about the favor of God. It is available for us.

0:54 Speaker 2: You may not know that you're not here by yourself.

0:57 Speaker 2: You're not just trying to make it through life on

0:59 Speaker 2: your own. Yes, you have the Holy Spirit, you have

1:02 Speaker 2: already God backing you up. All of femine and these

1:04 Speaker 2: angels and everything that you need to fulfill your purpose

1:08 Speaker 2: is available. And one of the things that we are

1:11 Speaker 2: not aware of when we are having an outlook of life,

1:14 Speaker 2: when we are approaching life, is that we don't realize

1:18 Speaker 2: the extent of the favor of God is available upon us.

1:22 Speaker 2: And I want to just let you know that one

1:24 Speaker 2: of the things that we can learn about the favor,

1:25 Speaker 2: because the first thing, the first thing I set up

1:28 Speaker 2: for you a couple of episodes back, was that you

1:31 Speaker 2: have this favor surrounding you. You're not just making through

1:34 Speaker 2: life on your own. You are having this favor as

1:37 Speaker 2: an advantage for you. And yesterday I was talking to

1:40 Speaker 2: you on the importance of understanding how from the life

1:43 Speaker 2: of Esther that some people, the right people who want

1:46 Speaker 2: to support you and will pay special interest towards you

1:50 Speaker 2: just like that. You don't know why they like you,

1:52 Speaker 2: You don't know what made them to be good to you.

1:55 Speaker 2: That is the favor of God. Now today we're going

1:58 Speaker 2: to talk about another aspect can understand from this incident

2:02 Speaker 2: with God to Esther of how the favorite of God

2:05 Speaker 2: sits you apart.

2:06 Speaker 3: See, there were thousands.

2:08 Speaker 2: Who were in that place, you know, young women who

2:12 Speaker 2: were you know, getting trained and getting ready to probably

2:16 Speaker 2: meet with the king one day, three years down the

2:18 Speaker 2: line to a point where the King is going to

2:22 Speaker 2: choose the next queen right, there were thousands in the line,

2:26 Speaker 2: and Esther did not have anything to back her up

2:29 Speaker 2: in terms of her background, in terms of a community

2:34 Speaker 2: or anything. I mean, she was at a disadvantage in fact.

2:37 Speaker 2: But here's the thing I wanted to understand. Out of

2:39 Speaker 2: there's so many thousands, she was chosen to become the queen.

2:44 Speaker 2: You get what I'm saying out of Here's the thing

2:47 Speaker 2: I wanted to understand. Right when you know that you're

2:50 Speaker 2: a person who's called by God, and you know the

2:54 Speaker 2: calling or the area that God has called you or

2:57 Speaker 2: leading you towards, I wanted to understand that you need

2:59 Speaker 2: to be a where that you have the favor of

3:02 Speaker 2: God upon your life. Even if there are so many

3:05 Speaker 2: people in the queue, if there are so many competitors,

3:08 Speaker 2: if there are so many people in the line, you

3:10 Speaker 2: still will be the one chosen because of God's favor

3:14 Speaker 2: upon your life. You can't put data on it, you

3:18 Speaker 2: can't put a finger on it. You can't say this

3:20 Speaker 2: is the reason it happened, But it would be because

3:24 Speaker 2: the favor of God rests upon you. And you know

3:27 Speaker 2: why the favor of God rests upon you, Not for

3:29 Speaker 2: you to just get the position, not for you to

3:31 Speaker 2: just fulfill a childhood wish or something like that. Is

3:35 Speaker 2: because God took Esther to the throne, because a moment

3:39 Speaker 2: comes in history where all the Jews were in trouble, right,

3:44 Speaker 2: a man played a role in trying to eradicate all

3:48 Speaker 2: the Jews, and because of Esther's position, she was able

3:52 Speaker 2: to use that position, use that calling, use that opportunity

3:57 Speaker 2: that she had as to be the queen to you

4:00 Speaker 2: that moment to prevent the eradication of Jews. You get

4:05 Speaker 2: what I'm saying. This is what I wanted to understand, guys,

4:07 Speaker 2: this is what I wanted to understand. That it's you know,

4:10 Speaker 2: why do I talk about God's favor. It's not just

4:12 Speaker 2: for you to just say, you know what, Oh, you

4:14 Speaker 2: know what, I, out of so many people who are

4:16 Speaker 2: waiting for in line to get a job, I was

4:18 Speaker 2: the one chosen. Yes, not for you to just boast

4:21 Speaker 2: about it, but so that you can fulfill the purpose

4:24 Speaker 2: of God through that position, for you to have the

4:26 Speaker 2: finance to enhance His kingdom for you, Like, oh my gosh,

4:30 Speaker 2: you know what. There are so many people competitors for

4:33 Speaker 2: the same client, but maybe out of all the competitors

4:38 Speaker 2: you are chosen, not for you because of your anything great,

4:42 Speaker 2: but it's the favor of God that causes them to

4:45 Speaker 2: choose you and so that you can build the Kingdom

4:49 Speaker 2: of God through that financial aid that you get. Or

4:53 Speaker 2: you may be in a position where you're like, oh

4:55 Speaker 2: my gosh, you know this person is, you know, like

4:58 Speaker 2: most wanted by so many people, that person is deciding

5:01 Speaker 2: to choose you. How it's because of the favor of God.

5:06 Speaker 2: You get that opportunity coming away, because of the favor

5:10 Speaker 2: of God that out of so many people, you are chosen.

5:15 Speaker 2: Out of thousands of people who applied, you were the

5:19 Speaker 2: one chosen.

5:20 Speaker 3: What is that? That is the favor?

5:22 Speaker 2: Out of so many people hitting on someone, you were chosen?

5:25 Speaker 2: What is that? That is the favor of God? The

5:29 Speaker 2: favor that helps you stand out in the midst of

5:31 Speaker 2: so many Can I tell you something, guys, listen to this.

5:34 Speaker 2: Even in my life, I've seen this where there were

5:36 Speaker 2: moments when I spoke. Even when I was in the university,

5:39 Speaker 2: I shared this example so many times, but students whenever

5:42 Speaker 2: allowed to minister in the big public arenas in the university.

5:46 Speaker 2: Because I studied in the largest Christian university in India,

5:50 Speaker 2: And even in the midst of that, I was given

5:53 Speaker 2: the opportunity to minister. People ask how did you get

5:55 Speaker 2: the chance? Because I was not even closely closely associated

5:59 Speaker 2: or anything at that point of time. But how did

6:01 Speaker 2: you get an opportunity? How no one else got this chance?

6:04 Speaker 2: No one else has done this before in history?

6:06 Speaker 3: How did you do that?

6:07 Speaker 2: Can I tell you something that is the favor that

6:09 Speaker 2: sets you apart from thousands of people to stand out

6:16 Speaker 2: even with the regard to the podcast ragging up the

6:18 Speaker 2: charts and being, you know, among the top point six

6:23 Speaker 2: percent of all the podcasts in the world. Like, I'm

6:26 Speaker 2: not saying all of this to poast but to inspire

6:28 Speaker 2: and encourage you. Why it's not about me. I'm not

6:31 Speaker 2: getting any personal benefit of the podcast being in the

6:34 Speaker 2: top point six right now. At least, here's the thing.

6:37 Speaker 2: What is the benefit? Because people being blessed, that's what matters.

6:41 Speaker 2: People being enriched and edified. The messages are inspiring them

6:45 Speaker 2: to have the faith to believe that God will enable

6:48 Speaker 2: them to step into the calling that God has in

6:51 Speaker 2: store for them. Even if it feels like, oh my gosh,

6:54 Speaker 2: you know what, you don't stand a chance there are

6:55 Speaker 2: so many people who have big dreams. There's so many

6:57 Speaker 2: people who are trying out this. There's so many people

6:59 Speaker 2: who on social media, but you're going to stand out.

7:02 Speaker 2: There's so many you know, like for example, right out

7:04 Speaker 2: of four million podcasts, this podcast being on the point

7:07 Speaker 2: top point six percent of all the podcasts in the world, Like,

7:10 Speaker 2: how does this that happen?

7:11 Speaker 3: How does this climb the ladder? It's not just me.

7:14 Speaker 3: It is the work of God.

7:16 Speaker 2: And today this is what I want you to understand, guys,

7:18 Speaker 2: that the Lord is upon your life. The Lord is

7:21 Speaker 2: leading you, The Lord is guiding you. And today God

7:25 Speaker 2: is going to give you the grace to fulfill the

7:27 Speaker 2: purpose that He has for you. So today instead of

7:30 Speaker 2: thinking that, oh my gosh, I'm at a disadvantage, I

7:34 Speaker 2: have these competitors who are huge. These people have an advantage.

7:38 Speaker 2: They look at their personality, look at their trade, look

7:40 Speaker 2: at their background, look at their qualification. I don't stand

7:43 Speaker 2: the chance. But can I tell you something. The favor

7:46 Speaker 2: of God helps you set apart more than what you

7:49 Speaker 2: can do by earning yourself way through it.

7:52 Speaker 3: Amen. God bless you guys.

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