Two prayer requests of Solomon
Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: (Proverbs 30:7)
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: (Proverbs 30:8)Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. (Proverbs 30:9)The prayer of “Agur the son of Jakeh” (verse 1) is two-fold. First, he asks the Lord to “remove far from me vanity and lies. He then asks God not to give him poverty nor riches. Nowadays, prosperity preachers exhort us to seek the riches in abundance. At the same time, poverty preachers exhort us not to seek maerial blessings but to be content with our poverty. But what Solomon had asked the Lord to give him neither riches nor poverty.
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