If we only had the faith to allow God to work, we could see Him do great things. This kind of faith is what Jabez possessed, and we have the same kind of faith as Jabez. Our faith today is no different than Jabez’s. Either you believe or you don’t; it is as simple as that. Either Christ can work as powerfully today as he did in the times of the Chronicles, or He cannot work at all. So, the issue at stake is simply, ‘Will I believe that God can do a powerful work in and through me?’ ‘Can God really accomplish great things in and through me if I do what I ought?’ The answer is ‘Yes.’ Jabez’s prayer teaches us this wonderful truth. So, what are we to learn from the Prayer of Jabez? We ought to pray a prayer similar to Jabez. We must ask God to enlarge our ministry.

Deuteronomy 6:4-9 says, “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.” Moses lists the most common and mundane aspects of life to teach that there is no aspect of life which is exempt from the worship of God. The Apostle Paul taught the same principle in 1 Corinthians 10:31, which says, “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” Everything we do, even if it is as ordinary as eating and drinking, must give God the glory He deserves. What does it mean to do all to the glory of God? A look in a Bible concordance will tell you that the word translated glory literally means to give an opinion. When we give glory to God, we give others the opinion that He holds the highest value and deepest love in our lives. Returning to Moses as an illustration, for the believer, all ground is holy ground, and every bush is a burning bush. Life is worship.

We worship because we have a desperate need; we worship because we have a void in our souls. Our worship is an expression of that need, our soul-thirst. Unless we worship with the full sense of our own absolute insufficiency, our utter dependence, and our complete emptiness, we cannot truly worship Christ.