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1 Chronicles 4:1-43 \u00a0Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 1 Chronicles 4:1-43.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Here the Chronicler lists more descendants from the tribe of Judah (v1-23) and also from the tribe of Simeon (v24-43).<\/p>\n

The two names that stick out the most in this chapter are: from Judah, a man called Jabez (v9-10); and from the tribe of Simeon, the men listed in verses 34-37. \u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s look at them more closely.<\/p>\n

1 Chronicles 4:9-10 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n9\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.”
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Jabez 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.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 9-10:\u00a0 What made Jabez so outstanding that God would bless him especially?\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0One of the important lessons we can learn from Jabez\u2019 life is the importance of bringing your pain to God.\u00a0 Jabez, whose name in Hebrew resembles the word for pain, did the wisest thing when he brought his pain to God and asked God to bless him.\u00a0 When Jabez asked God to bless him, hal him and expand his territory, God did just that.<\/p>\n

Likewise, when you are in pain, the best thing you can do is to go to God.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Don\u2019t run away from God.\u00a0 Run to Him.\u00a0 Is there a pain or problem in your life that you have yet to bring to God?\u00a0\u00a0God expands the territory of those who look to Him.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

For more background on Jabez and how he experienced God\u2019s blessing despite his painful background, check out 10 minutes of this sermon clip.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0[https:\/\/youtu.be\/KjIX-4eoBFU?t=15m]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Chronicles 4:38-43 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n38\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The men listed above by name were leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly,
\n39\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0and they went to the outskirts of Gedor to the east of the valley in search of pasture for their flocks.
\n40\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0They found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful and quiet. Some Hamites had lived there formerly.
\n41\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The men whose names were listed came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings and also the Meunites who were there and completely destroyed them, as is evident to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.
\n42\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0And five hundred of these Simeonites, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, invaded the hill country of Seir.
\n43\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0They killed the remaining Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 34-43:\u00a0 The other group that sticks out in 1 Chronicles 4 is the men identified here in verses 34-37: Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah, Joel, Jehu, Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, and Ziza.
\nWhy were these men so outstanding?\u00a0 It\u2019s because they took initiative.\u00a0 When the tribe of Simeon was in need of pasture, they didn\u2019t wait for that pasture to come to them.\u00a0 They went to the outskirts to look for that pasture.\u00a0 Once they found rich, good pasture and quiet, spacious, peaceful land (v40), they led their people in possessing that land and ousting out the Hamites and Meunites who occupied it (v41).\u00a0 Their courage inspired 500 other Simeonites to take the hill country of Seir as well (v42-43).<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0To be a leader means to take initiative.\u00a0 Don\u2019t wait for your problems to solve themselves.\u00a0 Be proactive, not reactive.\u00a0 God expands the territory of those who take initiative.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is one area or one relationship where you need to take more initiative?\u00a0 If you want to see God expand your territory, like Jabez, run to God and look to Him for help, and like the leaders of Simeon, be proactive and take initiative.<\/p>\n

Heavenly Father, I pray that I would be a person who takes initiative, who is proactive and not reactive when dealing with situations.\u00a0 May my first instinct be to run to You when I\u2019m in pain, knowing that You bless those who look to You.\u00a0 In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 1 Chronicles 4:1-43.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Here the Chronicler lists more descendants from the tribe of Judah (v1-23) and also from the tribe of Simeon (v24-43).\u00a0<\/p>\n

The two names that stick out the most in this chapter are: from Judah, a man called Jabez (v9-10); and from the tribe of Simeon, the men listed in verses 34-37. \u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s look at them more closely.<\/p>\n

1 Chronicles 4:9-10 (NIV)\u00a0
\n9\u00a0\u00a0Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.”\u00a0
\n10\u00a0\u00a0Jabez 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.<\/p>\n

On verses 9-10:\u00a0 What made Jabez so outstanding that God would bless him especially?\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0One of the important lessons we can learn from Jabez\u2019 life is the importance of bringing your pain to God.\u00a0 Jabez, whose name in Hebrew resembles the word for pain, did the wisest thing when he brought his pain to God and asked God to bless him.\u00a0 When Jabez asked God to bless him, hal him and expand his territory, God did just that.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3604,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3602\/revisions\/3604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}