We are looking at honour, the fifth spirit of God which was released on earth according to Revelation 5:12, and we want to take our study on Jabez. The bible says, And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow [1 Chronicles 4:9]. We all know that children come from God, and that God knew each one of us before we were formed in the womb[s] of our mothers [Jeremiah 1:5]. God knew you before the world knew you. Mama Jabez’s struggle to bring forth this child prompted her to name him Jabez because she believed he was a child of sorrow. You may be going through sorrow but you are not a child of sorrow; you are a child of God!
Say to yourself: I am not a child of sorrow, I am not a child of COVID-19 but I am a child of God. So, when you become honourable, you are a child of God. Listen to me parents: do not curse your child! Isaiah 8:18 says, Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me [are] for signs and for wonders… Your child is not just a miracle but for signs and wonders. May God turn you and your children to be signs and wonders. I prophesy, your children will go to the United States of America and people will look at them and WONDER just as it happened to the children of Israel when they were taken as captives to Babylon [Daniel 1:4].
Proverbs 3:9 reads, Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase. Solomon honoured God and God honoured him too. May God honour you today, may He use your children for signs. If I am a Pastor and I produce a thief then the Gospel is not being preached. Listen to this: in the Old Testament, it was always the mothers who named their children. In the New Testament, God in heaven named His son because He couldn’t trust the mothers. He said, name my Son JESUS [Luke 1:31]. He even named John the baptist [Luke 1:13]. Mothers do not allow people to just name your child any name. Eve named her son Cain, meaning mankind [Genesis 4:1]. Moses’ mother didn’t name him but Pharaoh’s daughter did and the whole of Egypt knew Moses [Exodus 2:10]. That is why dedication is very important. We don’t baptize babies but we do dedicate them. You can never stop dedicating your life to God even when you are grown up because you have to fight a good fight of faith. You think that being a child of God is sitting around, NO, you have to fight a good fight [1 Timothy 6:12].
Psalms 127:3-5 reads, Behold, children [are] a heritage from the LORD, The fruit of the womb [is] a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So [are] the children of one’s youth. Happy [is] the man who has his quiver full of them; They shall not be ashamed, But shall speak with their enemies in the gate. This is why God wants your children to be honourable. Proclaim Psalms 127 to your children. I pray that God will give you children, and if you can’t have any, just be like mother Teresa. She did not have children but she moved around Asia and showed love to the hungry. Even when Abraham had no child yet, he had young men in his house. People of God, we need to honour our God, and that is what we are doing in the bucket project. Find somewhere to raise your child; be the mother that you can be to raise them because you never know what they will become.
As I conclude: the words you speak may be few but they may change the world. Jesus said few words when He was dying, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do” [Luke 23:34]. He said so because He was an honourable man. If you are honourable, you don’t have to say so many words. George Floyd just said a few words, “I can’t breathe” but it has spread all over the world. This was an honourable man. Those who are despising your children by denying them scholarships, God is going to make your children honourable. Jabez prayed and God made him honourable. I pray in the name of Jesus that God will make His church honourable. Do not deny people their opportunities because when God decides, you will be one of the bricks. To honour God is the baptism of the Holy Spirit. You are not a child of sorrow but a child of God.
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