The Prayer of Jabez
There’s a small, easily overlooked verse tucked away in the middle of a long genealogy in the book of 1 Chronicles. It’s about a man called Jabez. We’re told, almost in passing, that he was born into pain. Even his name reflects it. And then, just as quietly, we’re told that everything changed. Jabez prayed a simple prayer: “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 not cause pain.” 1...
