1st Chronicles 4:40. “And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham dwelt there of old.” THE WORK. We all have been called to work, not to laze away our days Not every one does the same things; we are provided for in different ways But it is our obligation in our work to be as effective as we can Though skills may differ in us, it is the responsibility of a man To search out ways to further the work God to him gave And it is certainly wisdom for the laboring man to save; What God in grace provided, in order to give it back to Him The first-fruits and the offerings thanking God for them.
Jabez was a different man from the others in his family We are not told the story of how this came to be His priorities were in the right place and God he knew to trust He knew his limitations and that prayer in life is a “must” He knew that God was able to give, the same as He can withhold His prayer wasn’t one of trepidation; in prayer he was really bold God was pleased to hear him, and granted his request The God who gives and takes away is the God who knows what’s best.
Others in their efforts to put forth a successful work Were not satisfied to rest and sleep or from their obligations shirk They kept moving till they found what they were looking for They were able to claim what others had many years before. When in our work we are prepared to venture and not be satisfied With mediocre results because in laziness we still abide – Get up and get moving that our potential we may use – We will find God has been there too and this work for us did choose.
At first the land before us seems hard to work till we get started Then we find the promised land just beyond where the river is parted. So, we have to get up and move ahead with confidence in God, And we will find opening up before us a goodly land and broad With potential there to be developed if only we move ahead in faith And there we find God has already been working in this special place. He’s been waiting for me to act and provides the needed grace – And in our work, we will find satisfaction as the hand of God we trace.
“There have been others in this good and wide land before me, Father. I trust in Thee to give me the right understanding of the work that is here to be done by me. May I not hesitate to give this work my best effort. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”