Chapter 30

Proverbs 30 (Susan)

In chapter 30 Solomon speaks of “things too wonderful for me… which I do not understand”. One thing he mentions in verse 19 is “the way of an eagle in the air”. This caught my attention.

On Jan. 1, 08, I was watching God.tv from the kitchen. As the crowd began to worship I felt a tug to go and worship with them. As I stood there worshipping with my eyes closed, I could see over an enormous valley. My eyes scanned the horizon before me and focused where the sun was just above the mountains, so far away they appeared small.

As my eyes scanned to the left and slightly behind me, I saw rock formations like the edge of the Grand Canyon. As my eyes scanned across the huge valley floor, toward the horizon to the right, I felt like an eagle in flight and began seeing myself as the eagle. I looked at my wings from one tip, across myself, to the other. My hands were already out in worship and I felt the urge to move them as I was flying.

As I lifted my hands higher in worship the eagle was stronger. I opened my fingers and in the spirit the eagle spread the feathers on the tips of his wings. I felt the strength of the eagle as she flew, as her wings moved up and down in slow motion.

The eagle seemed to have more than a 20 foot wing span. I could sense the weight, the strength and the power the eagle had. I was that eagle and I could see me and the eagle at the same time. I felt like I was in a costume way too big for me, I could see me inside the eagle, and I was the eagle.

The eagle flew high and proud. There was joy in this flight as she scanned the skies headed toward the sun. I had a sense of what it feels like to fly like an eagle with grace and agility; ‘to mount up on wings like eagles‘. This was “things too wonderful for me… which I do not understand”… “the way of an eagle in the air”. What a wonderful vision. What a mighty word from God. He is the wind beneath our wings, the lifter of our heads and our strength when we are weak.

When we worship we become stronger because He is our strength, no matter what we are going through.

Psalm 103:1-5

Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits- who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Chapter 30

Proverbs 30 (Is)

"I am too ignorant to be human, and I lack common sense. 3 I have not mastered human wisdom, nor do I know the Holy One. 4 Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down? Who holds the wind in his fists? Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak? Who has created the whole wide world? What is his name – and his son's name? Tell me if you know!" Proverbs 30:2-4 (NLT)

So there is this guy named Agur who is an oracle and he is talking to a couple of his friends. (By the way, an oracle is someone considered to be a source of wise counsel.) Agur strikes a chord with me because of his attitude and straight shooting.

Let me paraphrase these verses.
"Hey guys, check this out. I'm as clueless as anyone; probably even more than most folks. I'm unfit to act like I've got basic human "wisdom" figured out and I sure as heck can't pretend to understand God."

He then asks some rhetorical questions that sketch a picture of a God who has no equal.
Who else can do what God can do? Who controls the elements? Who is the creator of all things? What's his name?

Discard for a moment the idiotic viewpoint that there is no God or that there is another god who is equal and can accomplish these things. Agur is speaking from a Hebrew viewpoint where there is but one God. These people had a culture system that is entirely built around God. If there is anyone who ought to know something about God at this point in history, it's probably a Hebrew oracle like Agur. We know he's humble enough to admit he doesn't have it figured out and if you continue reading Proverbs chapter thirty you'll see him ask God for no more than what he needs. Agur knows his place and is aware of how the "stuff" of the world can pull us away from God. This guy is no idiot.

God is not one we can conquer, figure out, control, or apply science to. He's in ultimate control and has no equal. Thank God that his nature is love and through his love we have a path to true life. Let's not fool ourselves that we did something to be "good enough" or that we are "wise". True wisdom is knowing that we need God.