FAITH CAPSULE: Jabez called for the hand of God for his deliverance from negative to positive in his life.

Psalm 8, John 1:1-18

God is a caring Creator. He is indeed a mindful Creator of man and He made man a little lower than the angels and crowned man with glory and honor. (Psalm 8:5) God is a loving Creator of man and John 3:16 documented the testimony of God’s love “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
Jesus the Word of God came with love when He declared, “…I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10) The love of God is for man to have life more abundantly if man believes and receive Jesus. Believe and receive love of God by giving self continually to Jesus the love of God; the Word of God. John 1:1-3 stated, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.”
In the word of God there is healing, deliverance and preservation to deliver man from destruction. (Psalm 107:20) God, a caring Creator has delivered all in position for man that will make the choice to give self continually to the word of God. As a creation of God, if you will know the word of God with understanding, you will take a position for self-deliverance from destruction that is set against your destiny. Truly, the word of God is written for our learning. The story of Jabez is written for our learning which will enhance man’s self-deliverance from potential life destruction.
Bible recorded Jabez’s self-deliverance: “Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” 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.” Jabez recognized the honor of God in his life as he rejected his mother’s negative given name in his life. Jabez called for the hand of God for his deliverance from negative to positive in his life.
The love of God, His word is here for your deliverance if you will give self continually to prayer and the word of God. Honorable Jabez’s calling was his prayer to God. Who are you calling for your self-deliverance from destruction? As a created man by God, you are crowned and honored by God but lack of knowledge denies you. Take note, your self-adopted prophet-liar; your apostle-fortuneteller is not your deliverer but the word of God is your deliverer. The loving care of God is man’s deliverance. Learn from Jabez self-deliverance.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace that to bring you to be alive in His knowledge.