Proverbs 3:4 So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
If you keep mercy and truth and write them on your heart, v. 3, then you will find favor and understanding, v. 4. Mercy and truth is in the Word of God, so we read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest it. The Word points to Jesus who is to us mercy and truth, so we listen to Him. John 1:17: “Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.”
When we are in the Word we will find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man. That’s a promise. Jesus has earned for us and given favor with God. Romans 5:1: “Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace wherein we stand.” The favor of God is vital for living and life. Because of Christ the Lord forgives us, accepts us, and brings us into the heavenly places. We desperately need favor and good understanding with God, for we are miserable sinners who lost God and the good. Outside of Christ, the only thing we can find from God is wrath and displeasure, righteous judgment and deserved condemnation. But the Good News is that Christ brings us into favor and understanding.
The surprising part of this promise is that we find favor with humans also. The Lord works it out so that we find favor with other people from whom we need favor and help. It is easy to forget that the Lord works it out in the hearts of people to be favorable toward us. We need reminders to say, “Thank God for you.”