Challenging Normal

Have you ever heard someone pray for favor? Have you ever prayed for favor? Asked God to open doors for you and bless you? What else have you done about it? We pray to God like He is some magic genie only around to meet our every need and grant our wish. We pray for "favor" so we can get what we want in every situations. After we have prayed what else have we done?

My favorite is to hear people quote the story of Joseph in Genesis. Everywhere Joseph went he had favor. Do you know why he had favor? Yes it is because God blessed him, but do you know why else? He worked his butt off in every situation he was in. Sold into slavery, and he worked. Thrown into prison, he worked. Made second in command of all of Egypt, he worked. He did not just ask for blessings, he worked as well.

Us just asking for favor and blessings is like a farmer walking out to a field and shooting for corn to grow and nothing has been planted. Most of the time we use the prayer for "favor" as an excuse to be lazy. When in reality we need to be working and grooming our situation for God to bless us. Just my thoughts on the matter.