Pastor Richard "Buddy" Wimberly "Keep Me From Evil" Ephesians 2:11Jewish tradition says that Jabez was a famous doctor of the law and left
behind many disciples.
His prayer was threefold:
1. To Whom he prayed – The God of Israel
2. The nature of his prayer – A Vow
3. The specifics of his prayer –
A. That God would bless him indeed (this seems to be a sincere
desire for an intimate walk God – the greatest of all blessings,
indeed to fly in the face of his namesake)
B. That God would enlarge his coasts (a fulfillment of being a
greater influence on even more people not just material wealth)
C. That God’s hand would be with him (for guidance, direction,
protection and power)
D. That God would keep him from evil (make a way of escape 1Co
10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common
to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted
above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way
to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.) One of the greatest dangers is
to become a victim of success or blessings. If he received the rest and
failed in this he would have been Jabez (a man of sorrow)
The success of his prayer is that God granted his request.
You gotta put some feets on them prayers.
There is a responsibility to the believer
Where you go, who you hang with, what you watch or read, and so on…
Temptation + Opportunity = Disaster
Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
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