I make it a point to read Proverbs every day, starting with one chapter and now I typically read two per day.  Soon, I will slow down and maybe only read half a chapter per day, but with reading all the commentaries I can find to see if there is something missing.

The last time I went through Proverbs, I used the 1898 Young’s Literal Translation, which was rough to read in some sports with it’s styling.  If I did not get anything out of that translation, one thing I did find was worth it.  Proverbs 30:1 seems pretty clear in most translations:

Pro 30:1  The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,

Young’s translation, does not use the names but rather translates them with their meanings and ends up with a cool message of passion:

Pro 30:1  Words of a Gatherer, son of an obedient one, the declaration, an affirmation of the man: --I have wearied myself for God, I have wearied myself for God, and am consumed.

My, if we all could say that of ourselves!

There are some Scriptures that are just so to the point:

1Jn 4:4 ~ Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

Now, if we can only come to full knowledge of this single passage, most of our troubles would vanish!  It is back to the simple fact that after you have been Born Again, you have God living within you.  Inside your mortal frame, you have the God of creation along with the fullness of His glorious power!

Some might not notice this, so I will make a short post to ensure you know.  In Psalms 107:20 the Scriptures say “He sent His Word, and Healded them, and delivered them from their destructions”.  Jesus is “The Word” and He has come to heal us (body, soul and spirit) and deliver us from our destructions.  The Christ came to “heal” us and restore us to right standing with God.  I use to desire to walk with God in the garden as Adam did, but then I realized, we have it better, God is within us and is ALWAYS with us!  If we get this fact down it should make us shout GLORY!

Another good passage to always keep in mind is Psalms 103:1-5 “Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: who forgiveth all thine iniquites; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;  Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's”

Often, we here Isa 58:19 quoted:

So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.

One minister I heard many years ago suggested that perhaps the comma was in the wrong place (as punctuation can be debatable in the Bible).  He said that maybe the last part of that passage should read:

When the enemy shall come in, like a flood the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.

:)