Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that it not be to my sorrow! God granted him that which he requested.
Is it certainly a blessing to get an answer to your prayer in accordance to what you asked for. I always like to qualify my most earnest prayer with, “Not my will, but your will.” Not only should I always ask that, but I must always ask that, because otherwise I might ask for something which would be dangerous for me to receive. God might give it to me in anger, and
