What could be going on when the things that we are trusting God for are not showing up in our lives? It may be that we need to do some self-examination. For it may be that we are allowing somethings in our lives which are blocking the flow of God’s favor. Consider each of the following items; is there any area where we might need to change our attitudes and behaviors?

• Are we harboring unforgiveness towards anyone? “But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your transgressions,” Mark 11:26.
• Have we been neglectful of prayer? “He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,” Luke 18:1.
• Have we been stingy with our resources? – “Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness; you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God,” 2 Corinthians 9:10, 11.
• Have we been seeking the wrong priorities? “But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well,” Matthew 6:33.
• Have we not been content with our current situation? “Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, ‘I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you’,” Hebrews 13:5.
• Have we been putting others down with our words or by gossiping? “Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear,” Ephesians 4:29.
• Have we been neglectful in demonstrating God’s love to others? “Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold,” Matthew 24:12.
• Have we been guilty of exhibiting pride? “For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith,” Romans 12:3.
• Have we been imitators of the world? “Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God,” Romans 12:1.
• Are we relying on our own faulty thinking and understanding? “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And don’t lean on your own understanding,” Proverbs 3:5.
• Have been disobedient to God’s instructions? “…in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,” Ephesians 2:2.
• Have we neglected to spend time in meditation and study of God’s word? “Because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of the Lord. They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof. Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own schemes,” Proverbs 1:29-31.
• Have we been absent from functioning as part of Christ’s body? “…not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching,” Hebrews 10:24.
• Have we been seeking our own glory instead of Christ’s? “But “he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.” For it isn’t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends,” 2 Corinthians 10:17, 18.
• Have we been making our own decisions independent of the Lord? “But they didn’t listen nor turn their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward,” Jeremiah 7:24.
• Or are we impatient and not allowing the Lord time to work out his plan for us? “We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end, that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises,” Hebrews 6:11, 12.

If the Holy Spirit has shown you an area where you have fallen short then repent. That is, change you attitude and your actions. Yield yourself to the Lord and his way of doing things and God’s abundant favor and grace will begin to manifest in your life.