Title Two prayer topics/ Proverbs 30:7-9
The text honestly contains the two prayers of Agur. While we live our lives, we have various prayer topics, and most of them are praying to God with prayer wishes for themselves and their families.
However, it can be seen that the text is Agur's sincere, simple, and beautiful prayer full of humanity.
1. Agul prayed that he could live with a sincere heart
The first half of verse 8...< I have asked the Lord for two things, give them to me before I die. Get away from me and lies and lies...>
Pursuing a pure heart. I saved a sincere heart.
What about our prayers? Is it really possible to pray like this?
--How does the Bible explain
1) idolatry
Isaiah 41:29 “Yes, all their deeds are empty and futile; their molten idols are winds and vanities.”
2) Myth
1 Timothy 4:7...<Put aside false and vain myths and practice only godliness.>
3) proud
2 Peter 2:18...<They uttered the words of vain boasting and seduced those who had barely escaped from those who practiced delusions in the lusts of the flesh...>
It was Agur who prayed to God to give up these things and live a life of truth and not lies. I hope our prayers will be like that too.
2. Agul prayed that the material would not be tested.
Verse 8, 2, 9, 9...< Neither make me poor nor make me rich, but feed me with the bread I need. Or maybe I am full and do not know God, lest I be the LORD, or I am poor and steal and profane the name of my God.
I pray that you will not be poor, nor will you become rich. We pray only to be rich, rich, and rich. Why did Agur pray like this?
1) He said that he asked not to be poor because he was afraid that he would commit a crime by stealing.
2) He said that he did not want to become rich because he feared that he would become arrogant and full and say that he did not know God.
So we are looking for only the forms we need. It is the daily bread the Lord has taught you.
We hope that our prayers will become humble and mature prayers. We hope that we will glorify God through such a life of prayer.