9 Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested. (1 Chronicles 4:9,10)
How come when ya’ll quote the Prayer of Jabez you only remember these three words: “enlarge my territory”
But you completely ignore these words:
Lord I pray that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!
?
Maybe your territory is still small, because financial territory is all you want. Which means you’re no more honourable than your unbelieving brothers.
Or, as a Man more honourable that Jabez once said, “after all these things the Gentiles seek. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness” (Matthew 6: 32, 33)
---Anderson T. Graves
II is a writer, community organizer and consultant for education, ministry,
and rural leadership development.
Rev.
Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Miles Chapel CME Church in Fairfield, Alabama; executive director of the Substance Abuse
Youth Networking Organization (SAYNO); and director
of rural leadership development for the National Institute for Human
Development (NIHD).
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