Water walking can be scary at first!

Last week Julie shared that at the beginning of our blog writing days, we stepped out of our boat of comfort and prayed the prayer of Jabez.

“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 ‭NIV‬‬

At some point during our journey, our Sunday School class read the book “The Prayer of Jabez” by Bruce Wilkinson. If you truly think about this prayer, it can be a scary one to pray. If you are willling to truly pray the prayer of Jabez, then you must totally submit to God’s will and be willing to be act. God will stretch you. You will have to cross over fences. Often you will have to step out of your boat of comfort and walk on water.

On this Water Walking Wednesday I ask that you take some time to pray about where God is stretching you. How is God enlarging your territory? Are you spreading God’s word and growing the kingdom of God through your territory of influence? How is God asking you to walk on water?

My prayer is that each of us will be brave enough to ask God to enlarge our territory and may we then spread the word of God through our words and actions.