We Went on a Journey

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We Went on a Journey

by Katherine Kehler

"Oh, that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory..." (1 Chronicles 4:9).

Seems like every one I talk to lately is reading The Prayer of Jabez. I wonder what will happen when millions of Christian begin to pray, "Oh, that you would bless me indeed and enlarge my territory." If these prayers are sincere, the results will be significant. God will answer. These will be exciting times.

"Enlarge my territory...."

We live on a five-acre plot of land with two houses, a few horses, a dog and two cats - a nice hobby farm. Our daughter and her two pre-schoolers moved into the second house last September. With the short fall and winter days, the children rarely strayed far from the house. They were used to a smaller backyard and found plenty of room for their play close to home, but their borders were quite small.

As Spring arrived and the sun warmed, it was time to go exploring.

I was just getting home from work when my five-year-old granddaughter, Tia, came running up to me. She was very excited - she had news to share. "Grandma, Mercedes and I went on a journey today."

"You did?" I asked. "Where did you go?" She pointed to the west corner of the white fences.

"We walked all the way to the blackberries over there."

"You went into the field with the horses?" I asked.

"Yes," she said. She pointed to the east corner of the field and continued, "and then we walked to the blackberry bushes over there and we almost stepped on a pile of horse pooh and then...." Her enthusiasm was contagious.

They had been on an exciting journey. That day their borders were expanded from the lawns around their house to five acres of pasture, horses and blackberry bushes. They were elated. The fields had been there from the day they moved in but had brought the girls no joy until they ventured out and experienced them. Now they know the wonders the land contains. I know there will be other journeys.

How big is your territory? Are you stuck within small borders? Are you looking for excitement? Do you want God to bless you and have your territory expanded? I challenge you to pray the prayer of Jabez.

Father, like Jabez I pray, "Oh that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may nat cause pain." Amen.

~ Katherine has been a staff member with Power to Change Canada for 30 years. She has launched and developed many successful ministries, including Canadian Prayer Alert, Women In Leadership, Women Today, Women Today Magazine and Women Today Online. Katherine has written and published a book, When Dreams Come True: Women Today Online. She serves as the director for www.secretsofsuccess.com.

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