16th May 2025
Grace For You Today!
Knowing The Father of Glory Causes Me To Experience The New Creation!
“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.”
—1 Chronicles 4:10 (NKJV)
Today, we focus on the third part of Jabez’s prayer:
“That You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!”
Sin is the root of pain, suffering, sickness, curses, and ultimately, death. David confessed, “In sin my mother conceived me” (Psalm 51:5), while Paul declared, “Evil is present with me” (Romans 7:21). This shows that we are sinners not merely because we sin, but by nature—from conception itself. Furthermore, the presence of evil has intensified in us, binding us to habits and tendencies that lead to sin and hurt.
That’s why Jabez’s prayer is so powerful and relevant. He recognized that unless God keeps us from evil, we will inevitably cause pain.
But thanks be to God! To deal with both our inherited sin (conceptual sin) and the sins we commit (sins of omission and commission), He sent His Son Jesus—who was born without sin, knew no sin, and did no sin—to die our death as us. Jesus bore the full weight of sin so we could be free.
Yet the truth doesn’t end there. God raised Jesus from the dead through His Spirit, so that we might receive new life and become a new creation. Acts 3:26 says, “To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.”
Beloved, if you feel trapped in a habit or addiction that has held you for years, the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead can raise you from your bondage. If you turn to God, your loving Father, and believe that Jesus died your death and rose again, then cry out—like Jabez—for deliverance, the Holy Spirit will move mightily in your life and set you free!
You are no longer a sinner by nature. You are now the Righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, born again by the power of the Holy Spirit. You are a new creation!
Amen!
Praise the Risen Jesus!
Grace Revolution Gospel Church