15 And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord: ‘Lord, the God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. Then he went up to the temple of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord. Should anyone need a reminder of what our God can do, this is one of the most powerful prayers in the Bible.Ģ Kings 19: 14-19 34-35 14 Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Even when a group of kings was plotting to battle with Hezekiah and the Israelites, he prayed for courage and deliverance. He was a remarkable king that kept great faith in God despite being ill during his reign. King Hezekiah was the 13th successor of David to rule Judah. Hezekiah’s Prayer for Courage and Deliverance (Note: this is not to say that God does not answer our hearts’ desires or will always give the answer we seek for.) 2. Similarly, when we seek God’s will above ours in faith, it is considered honorable and God will answer us. When Jabez prayed for the expansion of God’s Kingdom, he was putting God’s will above his own. Prayers Close To The Heart of God Will Be Answered When we pray, not only should we bring our petitions to Him, but let’s also turn our focus to God and have a heart for Him and His Kingdom. When Jabez asked God to ‘Enlarge territory’, he was not seeking wealth or more land but he wanted God to expand his spiritual territory, to claim more generations for God’s kingdom.
When we ask for the ‘hand of the Lord’, what we are asking and seeking is God’s presence and protection in our lives.
He wholeheartedly cried out to God with boldness and vulnerability and requested that ‘ hand be with ’. Come To God Vulnerable And Ask For Protection But Jabez defied the testimony of his name and believed in the power of God and his identity is in God. When Jabez cried to the God of Israel, he acknowledged God’s lordship over his life and declared that God is the one and only true God, and all blessings, including strength and protection, come from Him alone.
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He believed that he had a great purpose to accomplish, and he asked God to help.ġ Chronicles 4:10 ‘Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request.’ Lessons We Can Learn From Jabez’s Prayer Acknowledging God As The Center Of Our Lives Although short, it was also a powerful prayer for protection. The author of Chronicles gave a short history of Jabez’s name and his short prayer to God. From 1 Chronicles 4: 2-21, Jabez was mentioned as part of Judah’s genealogy.
One of the most significant and powerful prayers in the Bible is Jabez’s prayer for strength and protection in the book of Chronicles.
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