The Marketed Prayer of Jabez

Remember The Prayer of Jabez? (Just type the title in at Amazon.com for a glimpse at the marketing frenzy that has been generated around it.) It was terrible hermeneutics, even leaning towards a prosperity Gospel. But God used at least part of the message of that little 100 page book to help me face my fears and insecurities about going to Europe. Has God "enlarged my borders?" Well, I guess it depends on how you look at it. It hasn't been what I expected and I'm certainly not going to sit around whining that God hasn't done what I wanted him to do. If anything, he's expanded my borders such that I now enjoy the process of spiritual transformation more than ever (though it's still painful at times) and I now understand more fully God's passion behind His mission in the world (though my understanding continues to grow and is far from complete).

Where is Wilkinson now? Mike DeVries shares from Sojourners.

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