Surrounded by Favor

Don’t let negative words 
stop God’s favor for your life. 
Choose to speak faith 
even though your mind is being 
bombarded with doubt.
~Joel Olsteen 

This came across my newsfeed 

on a day when I really needed it.

It is not a new thought.

Negativity verses favor.

Faith verses doubt.

But on that day, I realized doubt

was in full blown bombardment mode.

It awakened me to my state of mind

so that I could get back on track 

and remember that God's favor

is constantly pursuing me.

Surely your goodness and faithfulness 

will pursue me all my days...
Psalm 23:6

Not by might, nor by power, 

but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

 Today I realized that this great truth

is followed by an important message:

So, big mountain, who do you think you are? 

Next to Zerubbabel you’re nothing but a molehill. 

He’ll proceed to set the Cornerstone in place, 

accompanied by cheers: 

Yes! Yes! Do it!

The very thing that is in front of us--

bombarding us with doubt and negativity--

might be a mountain in our eyes.

The Lord reminds us that it is not our

striving and grasping and figuring out

that levels our mountains.

His Spirit fights with favor on our behalf.

We can see the mountain as a molehill,

taking our negative thoughts and 

turning them into cheers of:

Yes! Yes! Do it!

Lord, Your favor is hunting me down today
and turning this mountain into a molehill.
Yes, Lord, do it!!