Painful Blessings

 

Painful Blessings 

1 Chronicles 4:9-10

 

9 Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” 10 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.

As we learn to live in the light and in right standing with God the road is forming a path for each of us to reach our destiny. The prayers that we’ve prayed are being answered. The Lord is merciful and loving in all His ways. He is our sovereign source and Omniscient. He sees the things that are best for His children and the purpose to our lives.

Everyone has a purpose to fulfill while here on earth. God has equipped us with gifts, talent, and abilities and graced us to give birth to our purpose. We often look to people to help us find what it is that we’re created to do. But no one truly knows what the full potential of anyone is, or their purpose because as humans we have limited understanding and are not the Creator the One who designed us to know such intimate things that are buried inside each of us.

When we pray to our heavenly Father, we can ask Him to reveal it and help us to fulfill our purpose. He wants to be involved and given the glory for His Omnipotent masterpiece that will be manifested through the birthing process. 

This entails many tests, trials, tribulations, pain, rejection, hurt, struggles that are unforeseen, transformation and birth. The preparation is different for everyone of us. Therefore, we must realize that our purpose is being revealed little by little through the things that we’re experiencing good and bad. It is a self-discovery process that nobody can predict entirely what will happen just because some of us may be having it harder than others in life. So, count it as joy when you’re going through because there’s a reason for it.

As humans it’s easy to write folks off when their lives don’t match ours or are different from our expectations of what someone else’s life looks like or should be. Yes, it hurts when the nay sayer’s send their negative energy our way, but we must keep pushing past it and having to hear the criticism of what we are doing in our lives and feeling like maybe all this pain and suffering isn’t worth it because no one see’s or are acknowledging the good that we’re doing for God.

Remember this is all a part of the process to birthing the purpose. We must be strong and follow the Holy Spirit because He’s with us guiding our steps towards greatness. We’re growing and overcoming the bad things and hard times we’ve been through. This is all God bestowing His grace and favor upon us. We must recognize it for what it is it is all the Lord’s doing and plan to bring us out and guide us to Him. The journey is like a long road that has twists, sharp turns, detours, roadblocks, u-turns, construction, accidents, stops, signs, and mile markers along the way.

When God reveals our vision to us for our lives, He did not show it to everybody that we love or may be close to, He only revealed it to you the reader and listener. It is yours and each person must pursue their own dream and purpose because God designed it that way on purpose. He will not share His glory with no man.

There will be times when we cannot understand why people are acting mean or funny towards us. The more driven we become in laboring for our purpose and vision that God gave to us we’re going to lose people, friends and other relationships that mean a lot to us. That’s another test to show us how bad do we want what God has for us. Do we quit laboring for our purpose to be fulfilled because other folks close to us is not happy with us anymore? No, we must not quit pursuing our God given destiny, but we must love people where they are. On the path the Lord is teaching us to live right according to His standards and creating a clean heart and right spirit within us. So that our walk and lives will bring Him the praise and glory.

Life has many ups and downs, and we cannot stop trying to become the best version of ourselves as we grow into new creations in Christ. Many people are not sure if they believe in God or that He exists for whatever the reason is that’s how they feel but we the believers and followers of Jesus Christ believe He is God.

Our faith knows God and our spirits too. The Holy Spirit moves around us like the wind, providing the wisdom and knowledge that we need to become victorious in living and being ambassadors for Christ. Serving in our purpose helps us to reach people from all walks of life and love them as Christ have. It’s all about Jesus, He created everyone and hid these divine blessings within our vessels to birth God’s glory on earth, so that the world will see and know that His works are good and predestined and written in the Word to affirm that man and life are nothing without Him. Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

 

Painful Blessings

 

 I have cried and prayed endlessly

Although dark clouds hang low

My soul knows His power

I will not stop seeking

While I endure the pain

For there’s a blessing waiting

In Thy Word I must believe

This is only a season to prosperity

As I build my faith in Jesus’ name

When I look back over my life

I can attest that He made a way

My blessing is within reach

As I face each day that He grants

I can hold to His promises

There’s new mercies waiting

ã2004 “Naima’s Inspirational Melodies”