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For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.

—Ps 84:11

• We often ask, “Can you do me a favor?” and by so doing we are asking for grace—for help undeserved.

• God delights in bestowing his favor on “those whose hearts are blameless.” This does not mean that only sinless people qualify for God’s favor (Who would qualify?), but rather that those who love him and love to please him by their glad obedience, however imperfectly executed, are favored.

• Reflect on the many favors God has bestowed on you by his grace and praise that he is the kind of God who is pleased to honor you.

• Has any greater favor been bestowed than Jesus, our Savior, and the gracious Holy Spirit, who indwells within us moment by moment? Praise the God who is the greatest favor of all.