This is an honest prayer from someone (Agur) who knows God. I’ve prayed the second half of this prayer many years ago and find myself referring back to it when I get caught up in the “American Way”. It certainly is in conflict with modern thinking. And if we look at it from that perspective, depression will certainly stop by for a visit. We will always struggle with worldly ways when we stop seeing the importance of our continual spiritual development.
7 O God, I beg two favors from You; let me have them before I die. 8 First, help me never to tell a lie. Second, give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just enough to satisfy my needs. 9 For if I grow rich, I may deny You and say, “Who is the Lord?” And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name.
Proverbs 30:7-9
An Ordinary Man's Pursuit of the Extraordinary God of the Bible. These are daily insights from reading the Bible from cover to cover yearly. It is intended to point others to the Truth, and inspire people to pursue the God of the Bible individually.
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