You know, there is an old city in England where they have a well-known fair every year. We don’t have much fairs nowadays, but in that old city, they have a fair and they have floats. It’s a small city but people flock to the city and when you go to the city, near to the fair, the event, along the streets of the city, you’ll find square boxes drawn on the streets, all over that city.
All over the streets, there are squares and in the squares are names written in white letters. If a stranger goes to the town and asks: “What are all these squares with all these names?” These names are the names of people who have bought the right to stand in that square during the parade. During the fair, they have a right to stand in that square.
And they bought it so that is where they will be standing. Now, I submit to you. I don’t think that those people who bought those squares to stand in will just be satisfied with the fact that: “I have my name on that square and whether I go to the fair or not,” “it doesn’t really matter.” I submit to you.
If they bought that square, alright? They will want to stand in it on that day. They will want to possess that position of privilege. Amen. Do you know that there’s a place, a circle of favor, a ground of favor that Jesus paid for you to have with your name on it. Amen. Are you just satisfied with the fact that you have your name on it? Amen.
Or do you want to possess it? Enjoy it in this life even. To see the favor of God translate into your life? In all the things that you see, and whatever you do, when you know you have favor with God. Just like Noah. Of all the people on earth, the Bible says: “Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.” God saved him and his entire family in the ark. Amen.
There was a beauty contest one time. And there was a woman called Esther who was not part of the Persian people. But she had favor in the eyes of the king and she became queen. That’s what the beauty contest was all about, alright? She became queen. She was able to be in a position to deliver her people, the Jewish people, against an enemy.
So here we have the favor of God operating in the daily grind of life in our battles of life. In all that we do, we have the favor of God and it translates into something practical. Amen. Favorable results, favorable outcomes. But you must first possess that place of favor. Amen. Don’t just know it, don’t just be satisfied with the fact that you have your name on it.
Possess it practically! Amen. Notice the Word of God says: “Through whom (Christ), we also have access by faith “into this grace.” This “grace” here—“grace” is unmerited, unearned favor. “into this favor in which we stand.” “We have access by faith into this favor in which we stand “and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
