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ABOVE AVERAGE
I CHRONICLES 4:9-10
INTRODUCTION
A. GOD NEVER MEANT FOR YOU TO LIVE AN AVERAGE, MEDIOCRE LIFE.
B. YOU ARE UNIQUE.
THERE IS NO ONE ELSE EXACTLY LIKE YOU.
C. I CHRONICLES 4:9-10 GIVES US THE STORY OF JABEZ.
1. THE 1ST NINE CHAPTERS OF THIS BOOK GIVES TO US A LISTING OF OVER 600 NAMES.
2. RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT HE SINGLES OUT JABEZ.
3. THERE ARE ONLY TWO VERSES IN THE BIBLE WHERE THIS MAN IS MENTIONED.
4. JABEZ WISHED TO BE ABOVE AVERAGE.
D. HIS STORY ENCOURAGES US.
IT TELLS US HOW WE CAN LIVE AN ABOVE AVERAGE LIFE.
I. YOU NEED A DREAM.
A. JABEZ HAD GREAT AMBITION.
HE DESIRED GOD’S BLESSINGS ON HIS LIFE.
B. MANY PEOPLE TODAY SIMPLY DRIFT THROUGH LIFE.
THEY HAVE NO PLANS, GOALS, OR REAL AMBITIONS.
C. WHEN YOU STOP DREAMING, YOU START DYING.
D. THE KEY TO SUCCESS IN LIFE IS DETERMING GOD’S PURPOSE AND COOPERATING WITH IT.
E. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT KEEP US FROM GREAT AMBITION.
1. FEAR: “I COULD NEVER DO THAT.”
2. LAZINESS: WE CONFUSE CONTENTMENT WITH LAZINESS.
3. SMALL THINKING.
WE CONFUSE SMALL THINKING WITH SPIRITUALITY.
PEOPLE SAY, “I JUST SERVE GOD IN MY LITTLE WAY.” THEN SERVE HIM IN A BIGGER WAY.!
II.
YOU NEED FAITH THAT IS GROWING.
A. JABEZ HAD A DEEP FAITH AND TRUST IN GOD.
1. HE HAD THE FAITH TO BELIEVE GOD.
2. ILL.
WILLIAM CAREY “ATTEMPT GREAT THINGS FOR GOD; EXPECT GREAT THINGS FROM GOD.”
B. THERE IS NO MENTION OF JABEZ HAVING ANY SPECIAL GIFT, ABILITY, OR TALENT.
1. HE WAS A COMMON MAN WITH AN UNCOMMON FAITH.
2. HE POSSIBLY DIDN’T HAVE GREAT TALENT, BUT HE HAD GREAT FAITH.
C. FAITH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN POSSESS.
1. IT’S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EDUCATION, ABILITY, OR TALENT.
2. ORDINARY PEOPLE WITH EXTRAORDINARY FAITH CAN DO GREAT THINGS IN THEIR LIVES.
D. FAITH CAN EVEN OVERCOME DISABILITIES.
1. THE NAME JABEZ MEANS PAINFUL.
EVEN IN BIRTH HE WAS A PAIN TO HIS MOM.
2. JABEZ WAS STRONGER THAN HIS HANDICAP.
3. THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE WE SEE GOD USING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
III.
YOU NEED A PRACTICING PRAYER LIFE.
THE THIRD SECRET TO JABEZ’S LIFE WAS HIS PRAYER LIFE.
THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS WE NEED TO PRAY FOR IN LIFE.
A. GOD’S POWER
1. JABEZ PRAYED SPECIFICALLY.
HE ASKED FOR POWER GREATER THAN HIS OWN.
2. DO YOU PRAY ABOUT YOUR GOALS?3.
ARE YOUR MOTIVES PURE?
B. GOD’S PRESENCE.
“LET YOUR HAND BE WITH ME.”
1. MORE LAND MEANS GREATER RESPONSIBILITY, GREATER DEMANDS, AND MORE PRESSURE.
2. I WILL NEED THE LORD’S HELP IN MY LIFE TO HANDLE THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH BLESSINGS.
C. GOD’S PROTECTION.
“KEEP ME FROM HARM...”
1. THE MORE SUCCESSFUL YOU ARE THE MORE CRITICS YOU HAVE.
2. THE GREATER YOUR GROWTH THE GREATER THE HARASSMENT IN YOUR LIFE.
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