Just Like Jabez.

 

      Where did I go wrong? Who did I offend? What is wrong with me? These are questions many people ask themselves when they get to a position of confusion, a fix and depression. The thought of Jabez easily comes to mind in regards to those questions. If you have experienced or you are experiencing pain, failure, defeat, stagnation, denial, rejection, demotion, etc, please I would like you to consider Jabez.
      He experienced what many of us are going through today including me. His name meant pain and he experienced pain in full measure. But l love how the Bible puts it in 1 chron 4:9,10 ("9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, "I gave birth to him in pain. 10 Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, "Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain." And God granted his request).
     Go to God like Jabez did. Stop running to men for help because they will keep disappointing you. The arm of flesh will fail you and the help of man is worthless. Stop depending on friends, wealth, jobs,etc and start believing in God. Please stop complaining so that you will not break the hedge. One good reason many people are always in pain is because they are always complaining. The Isrealites complained and they were bitten by snakes. Many of them died of the bites of the snakes. (Read Numbers 21:4-9). So, when you complain, you break the hedge and the serpent (the devil) will definitely bite. Instead of complaining, go to God for he is a faithful father. If we cannot believe God when we are faced with circumstances, we do not believe in him at all. Wilson Ileogben