WFW ~ F.O.G.

I'm captivated by the F.O.G.

This one is a beautiful Appalachian Smokey Mountain

misty, dawn, sunrise or sunset scene

that drew me in to the

F.O.G.Favor Of God

Luke 2:52  "And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature,  and in favor with God and men."

Luke 2:12-14

"This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying. “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests.”

[and additional verse I added from the Nativity Story with FAVOR]

FAVOR = Divine, Assigned, Advantage, for Success"Favor and blessing are not the same"

How to increase in FAVOR?by Pastor Keith CraftElevate Life Church/Lakewood guest Discover the secret Develop your Mercy Quotient ........"Choose to see the best in others... Choose to overlook the worse" Deploy your greatness "Your Greatness is not deployed as a result of doing what you are asked to do, but Greatness is released when you do more than you are asked to do."

In the midst of whatever fog you feel surrounding you or your life ... I pray that F.O.G. fall on you because when you have the Favor of God on your life, when you increase in His FAVOR, everyone around you is blessed! 
I listened and watched this sermon from New Year's Eve service 3 times and each time was more anointed and filled with God's holy presence! I was moved (no) compelled to share. And I wondered, why does Luke 2:52 tell us that "Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in FAVOR with God and man." Why did Jesus need FAVOR of God or man? After all, Jesus is/was the Son of God, Son of Man..." what does this mean for me? If I want to be MORE like Him, I too must.
Let's let the Light of God shine through us in 2012 and bless more people with His favor, His grace, His love and His mercy by offering them ours because the F.O.G. transcends everything and all things become possible. Let's do MORE!
ForgivenessOvercomesGrievances (me,2012)causing God's rich blessings to flowEphesians 3:14-21 is my prayer for youin 2012

"I pray that out of His glorious riches You may be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord's holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. 
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen."

"O God, Father of all promise and hope, maker of a world that was once perfect and one day will be perfect again, help us to look beyond the fog of this world [to the F.O.G. we have with and in You!] Help us to see the shore of the homeland that awaits us-a glorious, eternal Kingdom purchased by the loving sacrifice of Jesus Christ, our Savior and the King of kings." from Randy Alcorn's book "50 Days of Heaven: Reflections That Bring Eternity to Light" Day 1 "If We Can Just See the Shore"  
Linking up with Word Filled Wednesday at Internet Cafe Devotions

[*photo source: fineartamerica - artwork by John Samsen]
Here's a great blog post from Wanda (at The Watered Soul) on this F.O.G. "Favor is not Without Cost", I have to agree with this...
Reg. Readers: BE SURE TO READ MY NOTE AT THE END OF MONDAY'S POST!