Life Is What You Choose It

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, N IV

John, Claude, Vandame

John, Claude and Vandame are officemates. They live in the same condominium. Their wives are friends who happened to be classmates in culinary school.

One day John, Claude and Vandame were having lunch.

“Chicken again!” John exclaimed, “I’m sick of eating chicken for lunch. If I’ll have chicken again tomorrow I’ll kill my self.”

Claude opened his packed lunch, “Fish! I’m tired of eating fish for lunch. If I’ll have fish again tomorrow I’ll kill myself.”

Finally Vandame, “Hotdogs! I’m sick and tired of hotdogs. I had hotdogs for breakfast and now, hotdogs again for lunch. If I’ll have hotdogs again tomorrow I’ll kill myself.”

One day later.

“This is it! I don’t want to live another day eating chicken for lunch,” and John jumped on the window, dead.

“Fish again? I don’t want to see another fish tomorrow for lunch,” and Claude jumped on the window, dead.

Finally Vanadame, “Hotdogs! I’m done I’ll end this now,” and Vandame jumped on the window, dead.

During their wake John and Claude’s wives were crying.

“If I only knew John doesn’t want chicken for lunch, I should have… Hik, hik (sobbing)!!! I thought chicken was his favorite.”

“I also thought fish is Claude’s favorite. If I could have known it earlier Claude will not be dead by now, huuuu (weeping)!!!”

“Vandame, why did you do this to me? How could you kill yourself? You’re sick of hotdogs? Grrrrr (really mad)! And you kill yourself? How could you???!!! How could you???!!!”

“Why are you like that, your husband had just died? And you are mad at him” John and Claude’s wives asked Vandame’s widow.

“Because I have never prepared him his lunch, he’s preparing it himself. And he’ll say he’s sick of hotdogs? He should have cooked something else. There are lots of food stocks in the fridge.”

Life Is What You Make It

Friends, most of the time we are like Vandame, we complain about our own choices.

You’ll hear, “I took up Accountancy, I never love Accounting.”

“I signed a job as a domestic helper, I’m a nurse.”

“I married a jerk, he never changed.”

“I’m sick and tired of my boss, but I can’t leave the company.”

Dear friends, my big message for you today is, “You have a choice, choose well.”

Here is my belief, “Life is what you choose it. You are 100% of what you’ve chosen years back.

You have a choice and you make it, you are in control.

God don’t have access to your decision making, God don’t dictate you what to do. He gave you your freewill. You are in control, you make the decision.

"Life is what you choose it. You are 100% of what you’ve chosen years back"
God only takes care of the consequences, but to your decisions and choices, never! You make them.”

Make Good Choices

God Can Enlarge Your Territory

Yes, you read it right. God can enlarge your territory in as much as He enlarged Jabez’s.

But you have to make good choices. Think this out with me…

Do you think God would enlarge Jabez’s territory if he chooses to live like his brothers?

I don’t think so.

Jabez chose to live more honorable than his brothers (1 Chronicles 4:9) and God enlarged his territory.

Or maybe if Jabez just accept the fact that his mother named him “Jabez” because his mother gave birth to him in pain? (1 Chronicles 4:9).”

Imagine the label, “PAIN”.

But Jabez chose to outlive his name. Declaring his faith he prayed, “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).

"Life is what you make it "
Friends, “Life is what you choose it.”

You have a choice.

Choose well.

Have faith.

Honor God.

In HIM,

Jobie P. Doblado