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You Define It
You Define It

Do you know that God won't allow anyone to define your destiny — without your permission? Yet, many people allow the low and negative expectations of others to hold them back. In 1 Chronicles 4:9-10, Jabez's story teaches us a profound lesson: How we define ourselves supersedes how others (even our parents) define us.

The Message Bible states, "Jabez was a better man than his brothers, a man of honor. His mother had named him Jabez (Oh, the pain!), saying, 'A painful birth! I bore him in great pain!"' For Jabez, his name served as a constant reminder of how his mother saw him. He was "pain." He was "sorrow." He was "distress." But Jabez refused to accept her definition.

"Jabez 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" (1 Chronicles 4:10, New International Version).

If you don't like what has been spoken over you,
speak something better over yourself.

No matter what you've been called — you can cry out to God and He will honor what you call yourself. Jabez decided that — despite what his mother spoke over his life — he was blessed, he was free from pain, he was protected, and he had expansive success.

Like Jabez, we can be free from the negative definitions that restrict us. Other people don't define our destiny. We do.

Written by: Marsha DuCille - Publisher/Editorial Director
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