(KJV.) I CHRONICLES 4:10
(10) And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
BE POSITIVE ABOUT THE NEGATIVE!
Grace be unto you! It is life-saving, for the man to speak positive connotations, for death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. cf. Prov. 18:21; if we want life, we need to speak life, if death, it shall be so; whatever we speak out, it does not matter, if care is not taken to retrieve the negative utterances, they will manifest as well; therefore, let us think careful thoughts about the words we utter into existence; speak positively upon ourselves, families, and others; believe it or not, the same life force, that God, used to create the world, the resurrection power of the Holy Spirit, which raised up Jesus from the dead lives within our mortal bodies, therefore, we are capable of transforming our world, change the negatives into positives with what we utter into existence.
The man called Jabez was more respectable than the rest of his siblings: however, his mother called his name Jabez, saying that she suffered a lot during his birth; a sad situation! let's take a note of his name; Jabez when he grew up, did not like his name because it was associated with sorrow, therefore, he called on the God of Israel to bless him very well, and make him a greater, wealthy personality, that his hand to be with him, in other to guide him from evil, for his name was associated with a sad situation, that whenever it is called, he would not feel sorrowful, mentally depressed or inferior among people, for the rest of his life; God, compassionately answered his prayers; he became a greater person among his siblings; case in point; Jabez did not accept his fate, coiled into a shell of sorrows for the rest of his life, he did something about his negative dilemma; today, is anyone among us with a troubling heartache? Jesus is with you to hear your concerns, you have the power to change things around for good, pour out your concerns to him, as you petition, so shall it be done for you.
Beloved, though we name our children with the names we desire to call them, these children will not stay under our habitations forever, they will eventually move away; therefore, it will be nice if we step into their shoes first, think about their future, how they will feel about their names twenty years down the road of life, the perspective of others, whenever his/her name surfaces among other names, before we register their names; a name can determine the future of the man; case in point, God, made a covenant with Abram, changed his name from Abram to Abraham, made him the Father of nations. cf. Genesis 17:5; he also asked him to call his wife Sarah instead of Sarai, because, he will bless her with Isaac, make her the mother of nations as well; cf. Genesis 17:15; therefore, names are an important aspect of every living thing, including the beasts of the field, God gave Adam an assignment to give names to the things he created, whatever he called them, so are their names till present times, Genesis 2:19; therefore the names we bear on earth are recorded as well in the heaven books of records, names are important to God; be mindful of the names we bear, choose the rightful names of blessings, not just any name type of name, do everything out of love and cares for one another; Jesus is coming back again soon. Peace and Love be unto you! Amen and Amen!
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