The story of Jabez is short but very powerful. It shows how someone whose name means "He causes pain or sorrow", and thereby has a destiny of pain, experienced the very opposite in his life by being "More honorable than any of his brothers ". It was due to his desperate cry unto God .
It teach us that we should never count ourselves out, or sell ourselves short, that our origins don't determine our destinies, and our requests should reflect the greatness of our God, and not the smallness of our own expectations.
His prayer points to the divine answer for all human difficulties, notwithstanding even the years of the pain and problems.
INDEED WE SERVE A GOD THAT ANSWERS PRAYER.