Grace And Favor!
"But Noah found grace
in the eyes of the Lord."
Genesis 6: 8
In British English the phrase “grace and favour” refers to
property provided by government rent free in recognition
of one’s service to the country. They are synonyms in
English and carry a similar core idea: free.
We could say that grace and favour properties
are earned by their recipients, but are free in the
sense that their provision is not an obligation.
Both words carry the same idea of free. For instance, Noah
found grace
[favor] in the eyes of God in a wicked period of
history. Yes, Noah was a righteous and blameless man who
walked with God (Genesis 6:9). But he did not earn the favor
God bestowed upon him.
Rather, God looked with favor upon Noah as a man He
could trust. The same was said
of Mary, earthly mother
of Jesus who was a “highly favored one” (Luke 1:28)—
someone God could trust with a weighty commission.
We are saved freely by grace (Ephesians 2:8-9).
Let us also live as those God can call when He
needs a faithful servant.
"God is better than gold,
His favor is better than
fortune."
Charles Spurgeon
