1 Chron. 4, 5

Tucked into the genealogy of the Jews is a request that one man made of God: “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my borders! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil, so that I will not experience pain!” God granted him what he prayed for.

This passage was the key subject text of Bruce Wilkinson’s 2000 book, an international best-seller with over 9 million copies circulated. The passage reveals a boldness God rewards when asking for a life of impact.

What is your prayer concerning the impact your life will have. You can copy Jabez’s prayer, or let God’s Spirit lead you into a prayer pattern that will fit your life pursuit into His design for you.

Yet, my brothers, I do not consider myself to have “arrived”, spiritually, nor do I consider myself already perfect. But I keep going on, grasping ever more firmly that purpose for which Christ grasped me. My brothers, I do not consider myself to have fully grasped it even now. But I do concentrate on this: I leave the past behind and with hands outstretched to whatever lies ahead I go straight for the goal—my reward the honor of being called by God in Christ. [Phil. 3:13,14 J.B.Phillips]