In Isaiah, God tells us that He is our creator, the one who formed us. That we are not to fear for He has redeemed us and calls us by the name He knows us by. That when we pass through things that overwhelms us and things that consume our minds to worry, He is with us so that the overwhelming distractions nor the consuming worries will not over take our being into sickness and mental distractions.
The consumption of worry will not stick in our thought patterns to deflect us from God. Be honorable to God and He will bless you indeed for Jabez was an honorable man who asked God to enlarge his territory and bless him.
This is more than a song or cliche, but a code of honor to live by. A characteristic to desire. More than gold or silver. More than fame or fortune or popularity and riches. Children obey your parents in the Lord for this is the first commandment with a promise. Promise of long life (sidenotes are free). Jabez was born in pain, as such his mother named him, "pain". But God doesn't see him as pain, but a man of honor and blessed him according to how He, God, sees him.
God does a new thing in Jabez's life. He blesses him greatly. God is still blessing today. He will bless you if you ask Him for it. Live honorably before Him and before men. Not just so you may be blessed, but just because it's the right thing to do. You may have been hurt very badly by friends, family, coworkers in the secular industry or in church, but, God can heal you and bless you to over come. Stay in a place of forgiveness. Live in a place of worship to Him and He will join or connect to your praise to bless you. Not just in spirit only but in tangible things as well.
God loves you and sent His only begotten Son into your hell to raise you up from living a dead unfulfilled life to a life flowing freely in love to share with others and show them who God is in you, an imperfect person learning to live in the free love and grace of God.
God loves you and so do I. May God's Best Blessings Be Yours,
Pastor Tommy
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