Monday, August 13, 2007 The Prayer of Jabez...

When the book was released... many read ... n I was one of them. But... I was merely following the "fashion", nothing registered in my tiny brain.

Recently someone told me to read it again and out of obedience I read again. The main text of the book was a passage from the Bible

1 Chronicles 4:9-109Jabez was honorable above his brothers; but his mother named him Jabez [sorrow maker], saying, Because I bore him in pain.10Jabez cried to the God of Israel, saying, Oh, that You would bless me and enlarge my border, and that Your hand might be with me, and You would keep me from evil so it might not hurt me! And God granted his request.

I have seen this passage several times but it was the 1st time it really spoke to me. Jabez despite of being labelled a pain by people, God said he was honorable above his brothers and he did not allowed himself to resign to fate but instead he turned to God. And God answered his "life-changing" prayer.I have been a pain to my brother .. a pain to some who cannot stand my personality... i have kind of, unknowingly resigned to fate that this is who I am. If God wants me to be different, He would have done so... so cannot be helped. I can't help it.... etc etc etc

But when i read the book again, something inside of me tells me that it is time to get out and trust God for greater things He can do in and through my life. It is like that song that kept ringing in my eyes -

There MUST BE MORE THAN this
Spirit of God we wait on YOU,
there MUST BE MORE THAN this .... -

I have got to let this be a constant reminder that my past is not my future, unless I let it be. There must be more... there is going to be more..... God, You will bless me indeed, that You will enlarge my territory......