Lay It on Me

T WO K EYS B RING S EVEN B LESSINGS / 51

F AVOR C AN B RING A D OUBLE B LESSING Job's blessing was lost by a battle but regained by Divine favor. In fact, the increase after the battle was "twice as much as he had before" (Job 42:10). Elisha received a double portion of the anointing of Elijah (2 Kings 2). Elisha found favor because he stayed with the prophet until the very end. While many sons of the prophets viewed Elijah from afar, Elisha followed Elijah until the end and the double portion blessing fell on him. F AVOR C AN S PEED UP Y OUR D ESTINY You may have waited for years to see the promises of God come to pass in your life. One act of God's supernatural favor, however, can move you from obscurity to prominence. Esther saved the Hebrews because she stood before the king. Ruth married a wealthy businessman and became famous in Bethlehem because of one night of favor. Joseph went from the pit, to a prison, to the palace... because he found great favor. God revealed Joseph's future in a dream but the dream got him in trouble with his family. He ended up in an Egyptian prison. Yet, God used Joseph's ability to interpret dreams to reach Pharaoh. The gift that seemed to bring such trouble was instrumental, 17 years later, in making Joseph second-in-command over all of Egypt. In his early beginnings, Billy Graham preached a tent revival in Los Angeles, California. Media magnate William Randolph Hearst sent a memo to his newspapers, telling his