ACCELERATED INTO FAVOR! February 11, 2015

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1 ACCELERATED INTO FAVOR! February 11, Ecclesiastes 3:1 To there is a, and a to every purpose. The Bible makes it clear to us that everything under heaven, including, have a We bear fruit in our due season, but in the end we still wither and fade away. o There are even a rare few that move past being seasonal people and begin to move in time! We learn to be on! We learn to respect! We understand that time is a commodity that cannot be! In 6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Yet, when you in time, you will be by time! You can only have an impact as time permits! When time has run out, no matter how much you have left, you must from one life into the next! So, what is the solution? Should we strive to live in or in time?! Actually, the Bible gives us a hidden dimension, one that supersedes both This dimension is called is defined as the reason why something is done or created; the reason why something exists. o The Bible tells us that we were chosen by God and destined to walk in before the world was created! Because this was given to us before creation, it goes beyond anything that has been created! 1

2 These governing agencies (greater lights, lesser lights, stars, etc.) give us our They are what create time! Yet, who you and I are destined to become predates time! We existed in a realm where time was not yet created! 2 Jesus is our prime example of this! He lived a life of that existed The Bible gives us several other examples of people who were delivered from the constraints of time and delivered into destiny! o The Sun stopping in the sky for Joshua Joshua 10:13 o Elijah outrunning Ahab s chariot - I Kings 18 o Phillip being translated from the Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8) In each instance, especially in the case of Christ, there is a special anointing of favor that comes upon a people who uncover their divine purpose! (Luke 2:52) is the divine enablement that cause you to keep pushing to manifest all that God has put within you! The bible says in Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. 2

3 ACCELERATED INTO FAVOR! Ecclesiastes 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 1 The Bible makes it clear to us that everything under heaven, including you and I, have a season, a time, and a purpose! o To be perfectly honest, many of us live our lives based on seasons, and we never extract the full potential of our lives! Because we are seasonal people, we are only fruitful based on when the weather permits or if conditions are favorable We bear fruit in our due season (Psalm 1), but in the end we still wither and fade away. o There are even a rare few that move past being seasonal people and begin to move in time! We learn to be on time! We learn to respect time! We understand that time is a commodity that cannot be created, bargained for, or sold!

4 These are people who live their lives such that, at the end of their journey, they can confidently say they are empty! 2 In 2 Timothy 4:6-7, 6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Yet, when you live in time, you will be controlled by time! You can only have an impact as time permits! When time has run out, no matter how much you have left, you must depart from one life into the next! So, what is the solution? Should we strive to live in season, or in time?! Actually, the Bible gives us a hidden dimension, one that supersedes both seasons and time! This dimension is called PURPOSE! Purpose is defined as the reason why something is done or created; the reason why something exists.

5 When you step into purpose, you are delivered from the constraints and limitations imposed on you by time! Let me explain! 3 o The Bible tells us that we were chosen by God and destined to walk in His PURPOSE before the world was created! Ephesians 1:4-5 New King James Version (NKJV) 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, That means that before God said Let there be light, He had already selected you and I and given us a purpose! Because this PURPOSE was given to us before creation, it goes beyond anything that has been created! o This INCLUDES time and seasons, because they were CREATED by God to rule and govern the affairs of creation!

6 Genesis 1:14-19 King James Version (KJV) 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 4 These governing agencies (greater lights, lesser lights, stars, etc.) give us our seasons, days, and years! They are what create time! Yet, who you and I are destined to become predates time! We existed in a realm where time was not yet created! o So, when you tap into who you were called to be before the foundation of the world, you tap into something that goes beyond time! Jesus is our prime example of this! He lived a life of purpose that existed beyond time and season!

7 o Even at an early age (12 yrs.), He was found in the temple preaching and prophesying the Word of the Lord (Luke 2:41-50)! 5 Even His own parents didn t understand that Jesus purpose preceded and superseded his natural age! The Bible gives us several other examples of people who were delivered from the constraints of time and delivered into destiny! o The Sun stopping in the sky for Joshua Joshua 10:13 o Elijah outrunning Ahab s chariot - I Kings 18 o Phillip being translated from the Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8) In each instance, especially in the case of Christ, there is a special anointing of favor that comes upon a people who uncover their divine purpose! (Luke 2:52) Favor is the divine enablement that cause you to keep pushing to manifest all that God has put within you! The bible says in Psalm 102:13: Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.

8 o The phrase Set Time, would indicate a time set on God s calendar where you are appointed to be blessed! Yet, there must be something more! Actually, the phrase connotes that something had already had been set and established! This thing exists outside of time! The thing God has determined to bless us with, it s already set! You healing is already set! Your breakthrough has already been determined before the world! o So when you are in the set time of favor, you are walking in the divine opportunities that others may have passed by because you exist before the world you live in was created! o While others are struggling trying to make it in time, you are called to live outside of it! You are called to generate favor and increase that goes far beyond your years or what season you re in! o Today, we declare that set time of favor is upon you! Rise up and accelerate out of the control of time into the release of your purpose and destiny! 6