Transition – Favour Produces Promotion

When you have favour, promotion soon follows. It has been said many times that you do not need everybody tolike you, only the right person. Favour is a byproduct of solving problems for those that have the authority to promote you.

Promotion comes in two forms. The first type of promoted results in you being promoted. Looking at Joseph’s life, one might conclude that Joseph was one of the most successful failures that ever made it to the top. He received a vision and was thrown into a pit by his brothers and sold as a slave to the world by his cousins. He worked hard until he was successfully running the household for Potipher only to be thrown into jail for a crime he did not commit.

Joseph again worked hard until he was promoted and was second only to the Jailer in the prison. He interpreted the dreams of Pharoah’s Baker and Cup-Bearer and was totally forgotten about for years – until Pharoah had a dream. Then he Joseph was promoted by Pharoah because he had a plan that would save Egypt and ultimately Israel and the world from starvation.

Second, your favor can cause others to be promoted. It is only lonely at the top if you do not help others get there. In the Book of Esther, Mordecai was promoted to Prime Minister second only to King Xerxes.

Esther 10:1-3 NLT
(1) King Xerxes imposed a tribute throughout his empire, even to the distant coastlands.
(2) His great achievements and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, whom the king had promoted, are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Media and Persia.
(3) Mordecai the Jew became the prime minister, with authority next to that of King Xerxes himself. He was very great among the Jews, who held him in high esteem, because he continued to work for the good of his people and to speak up for the welfare of all their descendants.

How did this happen? It was Esther who found favour in the sight of the King. Her favour not only kept Mordecai and the Jews alive, but also allowed the King to recognize the problem solving ability in Mordecai.

Looking at another example, David’s Mighty Men were not so mighty when they formed their association.

1 Samuel 22:1-2 NLT
(1) So David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. Soon his brothers and all his other relatives joined him there.
(2) Then others began coming—men who were in trouble or in debt or who were just discontented—until David was the captain of about 400 men.

These are the same men that became high ranking officials and advisors during David’s reign. It would not happen if David failed to become king. His promotion lifted others to new heights.

Favour is not difficult to obtain if you know how to solve problems for those capable of promoting you.