Friday!

Proverbs!

O God, 

I beg two favors from you; 

let me have them before I die.

First, help me never to tell a lie. 

Second, give me neither poverty nor riches! 

Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.

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 NLT

Agur wants these 2 things from God - not sure if he is unwell, contemplating dying, or whether this "before I die" is just a way of putting things, but it does make you wonder what's going on in Agur's life that these 2 things are top of mind for him.

I wonder how old Agur is. 

What his life has been.

What experiences he has had. What has been his experience of telling lies, or being told lies.

What has been his experience of wealth and poverty in his life and in the community around him.

Is there some implied injustice in poverty that would force someone to have to steal to survive? 

Is there a connection between that injustice and wealth and telling lies?

Agur certainly wants God to be active in his inner life, and in the way he lives in the world. Maybe that's the lesson he wants for us, to invite our God to actively lead and direct our ways...

Thoughts?

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#somethingtochewon 

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