Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread.

The devotional for today titled Just Enough was written by Marvin Williams.

In the movie Fiddler on the roof, the character Tevia talks honestly with God about his economics.

You made many, many poor people. I realize, of course, that it's no shame to be poor, but it's no

great honor either. So what would have been so terrible if I had a small fortune? Would it have

spoiled some vast eternal plan if I were a wealthy man?

Many centuries before author Shola Malakam placed these honest words on Teviya's tongue,

Agar lifted an equally honest but somewhat different prayer to God in the book of Proverbs.

Agar asked God to give him neither poverty nor wealth,

just his daily bread. He knew that having too much can make him proud and transform him

into a practical atheist, denying the character of God. In addition, he asked God to not

let him become poor, because it might cause him to dishonor God's name by stealing from others.

Agar recognized God as his sole provider, and he asked him for just enough to satisfy his daily needs.

His prayer revealed a pursuit of God and the contentment that's found in him alone.

May we have Agar's attitude, recognizing God as the provider of all we have.

And as we pursue financial stewardship that honors his name,

let's live in contentment before him, the one who not only provides just enough, but more than

enough.

Today's Our Daily Bread devotional scripture reading is from Proverbs, chapter 30, verses 7 through 9.

Two things I ask of you, do not refuse me before I die keep falsehood and lies far from me give me neither poverty nor riches but

give me only my daily bread otherwise I may have too much and disown you and say,

who is the Lord? Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

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