Proverbs 30

An oracle?! Who is this Agur son of Jakeh…I must say I have never heard of him. After reading today’s chapter I am convinced that I’ve never read it before. Everything in the chapter seemed so new and fresh. I feel like this man, this oracle, is a man who I can really relate to. I have been able to relate more to this chapter today than any other this whole month. Verses 1-4 were amazing. It is a beautiful place to know that there is no understanding without the one who established the ends of the earth. His words remind me of the way Paul speaks. There is such a beautiful picture of a man who recognizes that he is nothing outside of Christ and this is OT we are talking here.
Verse 5 reminds us that the word of God is without blemish. It is pure and flawless. It will protect us those of us who trust in God. The Lord really did give us all the answers; we just need to seek to find them, and most of time they are clear as day directly in front of us.
V7-9…What a perfect desire to have, just wanting to be somewhere in the middle. This will be my prayer from now on regarding our finances. I will pray that the Lord not make us rich or poor, but that He would just fill our needs. I never want to be so rich that I am not dependent on Him and I never want to be so poor that I compromise my faith to feed my family. I have never seen these verses before and I was so impressed with them.
I particularly enjoyed the 3 things which were too wonderful or amazing (depending on version) for him. That none of these things leave their mark or a trail is amazing. My commentary states that this is a natural illustration for the hypocrisy of concealment. It is a preface for the next verse about the adulterous woman.
Even the earth is perturbed when things don’t go as they should. When a fool is living well fed, or a servant is ruling, an unloved married woman…it’s like they should all be oxymoron’s in theory but they really exist from time to time.
I love the little wise ants. Again I am amazed at all the ways God incorporated lessons for us in His creation, even His tiniest of creation.
And then there is our warning or exhortation even…if you have been foolish thinking yourself better than you are be ashamed. Just as you can prove milk produces butter, remember wrath produces strife.
That reminds me of a funny saying a friend of mine used to say…
If I could buy him/her for what she was worth and sell him/her for what she thought she was worth…I’d be rich. May we always be humble enough to know what we are worth outside of Christ…it's not much people, it’s not much.