Our physical lives are not totally static, set, and predetermined. If we honor our parents, seek wisdom, keep God's commandments, take care of our bodies, and ask God, He may let us live longer than we would have lived otherwise. God also gives to us the power to enlarge or diminish the impact and potential of our lives. When Jabez asked God to enlarge his coast, 'God granted him that which he requested.' (1 Chron. 4:10) When the children of Israel entered the promised land, they conquered a large portion of land. However, Israel has never conquered as much land as God said she could have. According to Gen. 15:18, Josh. 1:4, and Ezekiel 47, God meant for Israel to have not only her own land, but half of Jordan, part of Saudi Arabia, 1/3 of Iraq, half of Syria, and all of Lebanon! Israel was meant by God to have an area of land 10 times the size she has now or has ever had! What if . . . Israel had taken all God promised her, and then asked God to enlarge her coast?! Here are eight things you can do to increase your life potential.
