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Where is the Lord's favor?

Where is the Lord's favor?  The answer in a simple form is in the heart's of those who seek to please Him . But I must expound on this.  Let's go back to the beginning of time, to the life of Cain and Abel, found in Genesis, chapter 4.  Verses 2b-7 "Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.   3  In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering  to the  Lord .   4  And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions  from some of the firstborn of his flock.  The  Lord  looked with favor on Abel and his offering,   5  but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast. 6  Then the  Lord  said to Cain, “Why are you angry?  Why is your face downcast?   7  If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door;  it desires ...