End that Sorrow

Tuesday 31 March
READ: 1 Chro. 4:9-10
MORE LESSON: Psa. 50:15

In 1 Chronicles 4:9, we read the story of Jabez; it is such a touching story. His mother named him Jabez because she had very great difficulty at his birth. Everything was contrary to Jabez since the day he was born. Nobody would associate with the man named sorrow; so he was a deserted man until one day when he decided to take a major step of destiny. That one day for you is today! Look at what Jabez did; he didn't sit down in his crisis to organise a pity party but he did something about his problem. He went to the place of prayer. He took a decision; he took a step of prayer. You need to take that same step today.

Learn to pray about the Word; don't only confess it. It is important that you spend quality time before God, and remind Him of what He has said concerning you. Prayer makes things happen. In John 2:5 Mary the mother of Jesus said to the servants at the marriage in Cana of Galilee, Whatsoever He says to you do it. You can do the Word; in other words, practise the Word. Learn to do the Word. Don't finish confessing God's Word and sit down to say, “Well, I'm waiting for what God will do”. If there are things that are supposed to be your own responsibility, be ready to do them. Whatever God is leading you to do get into doing it. Jabez took a spiritual step; he prayed and God granted him his request (I Chro. 4:10). That is why that verse a started with And Jabez was more honourable than his brothers. He was more honourable because he did not watch his destiny run into crisis, he did something about it and his action paid off.

Have you prayed about that matter? Confessing the Word is different from prayer. You should confess the Word but you must also pray. Jabez was not the only one that was bearing a terrible name: there were a few other people in that same passage that had very terrible names but did nothing about their names. For example, Ashur actually means “blackness” (verse 5). The next name there, Tekoa means “tent pitcher”, somebody who never owned his own inheritance but moved from tent to tent. Helah means “rubbish” and Paseah (verse 12) means lameness.

The same verse has Ir-nahash which means a city of serpents. However none of these people did something about his matter; they lived and died as their names suggested of them. But Jabez decided to change his own story. He did this by prayer. You can win that battle in the place of prayer and change the story of your destiny forever if you can only take action. Today is the day to end that sorrow and prayer is the key.

Prayer/Action
* Make this declaration - whatever connects my life with sorrow is hereby terminated.
* Say, ‘I uproot the root cause of every affliction over my life’.
* Prophesy that your destiny is forever connected to rivers of joy and celebration.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, I thank You for the last day of March, let every Lot surrounding my life be separated and destroyed by fire today, in Jesus’ mighty name.