*ANCHOR OF LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE* For TUESDAY, 10TH JANUARY, 2023.
Topic: *HOW TO TRANSFORM FROM WRETCHEDNESS TO NOBILITY*
MEMORIZE: “ *Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, "Because I bore him in pain."”* 1 Chronicles 4:9.
SCRIPTURE READING:
“ *The sons of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. And Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath, and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites. These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi; and Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah the father of Bethlehem. And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan; and Koz begot Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. 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.”* 1 Chronicles 4:1-10.
EXPOSITION:
Many people live on earth without relevance. It is never the will or plan of God for any man to live a worthless life on earth. Our God is successful in all His doings, His children must also take after Him in success. Our text today contains a long list of names, obviously, with nothing special to write about them except only one person called Jabez vv9,10.
These are the some steps Jabez took that transformed him from wretchedness to nobility:
1. *Knowledge* : He knew that, being a seed of Abraham, he was a blessed person by covenant vv9, 10. As a child of God, you are joint heirs of all that God has both in heaven and earth. Do you belief this?
2. *Refusal* : He refused to be limited by his birth, background, brain, backwardness, bondage, barriers etc. vv9,10. What about you?
3. *Faith* : He had the personal relationship with God that helped his faith in God of all possibilities vv9,10. Are you born again and having a deep relationship with God?
4. *Clear vision* : He had a clear vision of what God has predestined him to be in life as a seed of Abraham vv9,10. His desire was along this divine vision.
5. *Kneeology* : He made desperate, well defined, devil scaring and daring prayers to God vv9,10.
*PRAYER POINTS* :
i. Oh Lord, I plead that you will not allow me to live an inconsequential life in my generation.
ii. Lord, give me the revelation of the best I am predestined to be in life.
iii. Lord, I refuse all forms of limitations in my life. Give me spiritual power to break all of them and soar high in all areas of my life.
iv. Pray for divine visitation for children of God who have ignorantly resigned to wretchedness or mediocrity.
v. Pray for complete failure and disappointments for all super power personalities that want to take the position of God.
DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR – Genesis 30-32.
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