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If You Had One Wish, Would You Wish For This?

5/23/2018

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Proverbs 30:8-9 - "….give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.”  NIV 
  • The Wisdom Of Agur 
If you had one wish, would your wish be like the one Agur penned down for us in the book of Proverbs?
 
I can't tell you the times I have heard it said and wished for it myself. "If only I could win the lottery."
 
We all believe we can handle money better than the ones who win it. We could do so much more with it "if only" we had won the lottery.
 
Agur does NOT want to win the lottery.  His only wish is for his daily bread. He doesn't want to win the lottery nor does he want to be poor.
 
Then he blesses us with his reasoning for only wanting his daily sustenance. If he has too much he may disown the Lord or if he is poor he may steal and dishonor his God. 
  • One Thing I Noticed 
I have traveled to Uganda 5 times and each time it was a wonderful experience. I have met some of the absolutely most incredible Christians in the world. The ones I met were always smiling and always praising the Lord and I can guarantee you the poorest people in America have more than they do.
 
When was the last time you walked to a well with containers to get water for you and your family?
 
When was the last time you went to the store and bought just enough food to feed your family for that day and had no idea how you were going to purchase tomorrow'sfood?
 
Yet, some of our Christian brothers and sisters live this way everyday.
 
We get upset when our electricity goes out for an hour but some live in homes where there is no electricity, at all, ever. I wash my clothes in a washing machine and yet I have pictures of children washing their clothes in a creek. 
  • So What Would You Do With One Wish? 
I am not here to tell you what to do with your one wish, but if you want to follow the example of Agur, you will not be wishing to win the lottery. You will be wishing for your daily bread, so that you won't forget the Lord, nor steal and dishonor Him.
 
Think On These:
 
Two great tests of character are wealth and poverty.

No person is so poor that he can't give a compliment.
 
Children who are reared in poverty have two meal choices - take it or leave it.
 
Stay Pumped,
 
Gary A. Serago

Minister of God's Word
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