Bless Us Indeed

He (Jabez) was the one who prayed to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and expand my territory! Please be with me in all that I do, and keep me from all trouble and pain!” And God granted him his request. 1 Chronicles 4:10 NLT


Have you recently gone to God with prayers as bold as Jabez? Are you willing to pray that God would not just bless you, but that He would expand your territory?

Praying those words calls for a step of faith on your part. It is a prayer that must be accompanied with the act of expectancy. You wait and expect God will enlarge your daily territory. You wait expecting and knowing God will do great things.

As you wait begin stirring up the boldness required to step out of your comfort zone. New territories are always uncomfortable at first. But God will grant your request as you look beyond yourself over the horizon to see a new territory, a new place, or new opportunity filled with new people.

Lord, expand our territories today. Use us beyond being a blessing in our homes, our work places and our churches. Use us to bless Your people in our communities, our cities and our country. Bless us indeed!

Wait in Expectation

Psalm 5:3 “Morning by morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; morning by morning, I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.”

Satan wants us to constantly live our life looking back at failures, which keeps our eyes on ourselves. He wants us to drive our car of life looking only in that narrow rearview mirror where objects appear closer than they are. He will make certain those failures look like they are tail-gating us when in fact God has already unhitched them and they are long gone in the dust of HIS grace and glory.

Along the journey we realize that Christ, however, teaches us to drive through life looking forward. He teaches us to look straight through the windshield at the day ahead. Each day is filled with many possibilities. Look beyond the bend in the road and wait in expectation for the victories He'll give.