Remedy for Pain

UV 696/10,000 Remedy for Pain Now Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “ Oh that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my border, and that Your hand might be with me, and that You would keep me from harm that it may not pain me!” And God granted him what he requested. I Chronicles 4 v 10 Jabez was named so as his mother had borne him in pain. But, what man has been born so far who has not been born in pain and born into a world of pain. Each of us has been born in pain. Even a single word often brings intense pain to us. A single thought can bring pain. A relationship can cause pain. After all God had told the first woman that you will bear children in pain. Instead of bearing our pain silently, we should take it to God like Jabez. The God of Israel is waiting to hear us pray like Jabez. Jabez craved the blessing of God. Each of us must desire the Lord’s Shalom blessing- the blessing of joy, prosperity, health, wholeness, success, goodness- upon our spirit, mind and body. The first 14 verses of Deuteronomy 28 speak of these blessings. These are the blessings of grace that the Lord blesses us on account of Christ in us. The blessings of grace is represented by the vertical bar of the cross. The blessings of peace or the protection from the pain of curses, enumerated in Deuteronomy 28 verse 15 -68, is represented by the horizontal bar of the cross. The Lord will set us high above all the nations on earth. These blessings will come upon us and accompany us wherever we go. We will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. Our children will be blessed and great shall be their peace. The work of our hands will be blessed. Our food and water will be blessed. Our stay and our journey will be blessed. He will make us the head and not the tail. He will anoint us with leadership positions, roles, responsibilities, qualities and abilities. He will ensure that we will be always at the top, never at the bottom as long as we are faithful. The Lord will expand our boundaries and our territory. He will expand vastly the sphere of our influence, the domain of our impact in our lives. He will extend our vision and our legacy beyond our lifespan and our generations. This is the spiritual bank account in which we are blessed with all the spiritual blessings of heaven through Christ Jesus. The Lord has given us any time access to this account through prayer and promise. The promise of God or the uni-verse is our access card like an ATM Card. Not only does the Lord give us access to His infinite riches or resources by faith, He gives us a protection plan or insurance. His hand of protection will be upon us. He will grant that the enemies who rise up against us will be defeated before us. They will come at us from one direction but flee from us in seven. They will attack us one day but flee all their days from us. They will attack us in one area but they will be attacked in all directions or 360 degrees for the might of El Shaddai will be turned upon them. People will fear us because we are called by the name of the Lord. They will recognize that not just the hand of God but God Himself is with us. He will keep us from harm. He will not willingly subject us to pain except when there is no other way to teach us life’s lessons or eternal truths. On our part,we must implore the Lord to keep us from temptation, to keep us from harm to our spirit, mind or body, to keep our families, children, kith and kin from harm and affliction. We must not just pray like Jabez in this manner but be careful to obey all that He has commanded us to do. We might even fail in some areas. But, as long as our desire to obey is earnest and we do not willfully disregard His commands, He will be pleased with both our prayer life and with our real-time life. He will fill the gaps with His grace. There must be a close alignment or coincidence between our spiritual life and our real-time life. When such a coincidence or alignment exists, the Lord floods us with all the blessings He has promised. He will grant all of our request. His reign in our lives brings an unceasing rain of blessings. Prateep V Philip Listen to this song and enjoy it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mzSFcUEJWU