Neither Poverty Nor Riches

"… Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: 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 30:8, 9 "Feed me with food convenient for me." Surely, this is not a sinful request we make to our God. It is not wrong to ask for earthly things. In fact, the request of this proverb is strikingly similar to the request Jesus has taught us to pray, "Give us this day our daily bread."...