In Proverbs, chapter thirty, verse eight, our “daily bread,” as in Matthew six, verse eleven, “Give us this day our daily bread,” represents our need for primary provisions. We should pray for an adequate income to meet personal and family needs, to support God’s work, and to give to those in need. Believers who give what they can to help those in need will find that God’s grace provides a sufficiency for their own needs, and even more, that they abound in every good work.
For generosity to be present, the heart must have sincere love and compassion for others. Giving of ourselves and possessions results in supplying the needs of poorer brothers and sisters, praise and thanksgiving to God, and reciprocal love from those who receive our help.
“Neither poverty nor riches” is the theme title. The following verse nine complements this scripture, “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.”
Poverty and riches can be such a challenge in this life. There is an old saying, “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.” However, for a believer, it does not have to be the way the world sees it. Saints of God must realize that the Lord is their source and not riches. Those who believe in the Lord must diligently seek Him to take care of us and not man or things.
There are many rich people today who have possessions and live sickly, who suffer and are not able to enjoy life, while some who are poor have health and scrape away to survive with food and shelter. The desire should be neither poverty nor riches, but to know the only living God.