1 Chronicles 4:9-10
Amplified Bible (AMP)
9 Jabez was honorable above his brothers; but his mother named him Jabez [sorrow maker], saying, Because I bore him in pain.
10 Jabez cried to the God of Israel, saying, Oh, that You would bless me and enlarge my border, and that Your hand might be with me, and You would keep me from evil so it might not hurt me! And God granted his request.
There comes a time when releasing your past and its conditioning is essential to reconnect with your true potential. In the Silence, you feel a joy that has no external source: nothing has changed in the outside, and somehow, within you, everything is different. You discover that regardless of external evens and situations, that joy of Spirit is always accessible, unconditionally available at the conscious shift of your attention. To come to this realization is to uncover the source of all goodness, potentiality and possibilities. You stop waiting for something to change on the outside: for people to be more agreeable, for circumstances to be more favorable, for the weather to be more propitious. You know the state of things has nothing to do with your state of being. Such a discovery is exhilarating and life changing.
Remember the dreams you had as a child? Back then, your imagination was a reliable source of information about the World and about possibilities. You drafted your dreams with crayons and enacted them vividly day after day. There was no doubt your future would turn out to be exactly as you envisioned it. Then, what happened? Adults, who must have known better, where there to define reality for you. They became a source of facts and information that had to be more reliable than that naive, inexperienced, little internal voice. Well, it didn't stop there, they did not just define reality for you, they defined You. They gave you a name, nicknames, surnames, based on their perception of you and their perception of themselves. The rest is history: you stopped enacting your dreams to act out on their definition of yourself.
Little did they know that the Source of your childhood dreams, the Source of your true identity, continues to call you by your Name.
And I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, the Lord, the God of Israel, Who calls you by your name.
For the sake of Jacob My servant, and of Israel My chosen, I have called you by your name. I have surnamed you, though you have not known Me.
In the Silence and Stillness, the voice of your Maker, whispers your original name and reminds you that your childhood dreams where nothing but God's original vision for your existence. You experience a rebirth, as you discover that your potential is as unlimited as your Source, and that all the news forecasts of this World and all the naysayers in your life have no power to alter that reality. You learn to turn within whenever you feel the need for a "reality check". As dreams are resurrected, life turns back to be extraordinary, miraculous, exciting and magical again.
For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful...
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