"Give! Give!’ they cry"

Proverbs 30: 15-16

“The leech has two daughters.  ‘Give! Give!’ they cry.   There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’ the grave, the barren womb, land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!”

I find it of interest that an exploiter of others (a leech) has two parasite daughters, who model their parents.  We do not know if it is both parents or just mom or maybe dad, but they have learned how to be a bloodsucker just like them.  Once more a lesson from the Scriptures, you always reap what you sow.

But Agur has not finished for as you recall these are the sayings of Agur and he tells us that like the leech’s two daughters, these three things are never satisfied and four that never say, enough.  First, he mentions the grave, and so l look to the Bible to see what we can learn about the grave.  The prophet Habakkuk tells us this vision awaits an appointed time, in Habakkuk 2:4-5, “See, the enemy is puffed up; his desires are not upright— but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness^[a]—indeed, wine betrays him; he is arrogant and never at rest. Because he is as greedy as the grave and like death is never satisfied, he gathers to himself all the nations and takes captive all the peoples.”  He may be talking about the Babylonians but because he waits for an appointed time could it not be the one Jesus calls the thief?  This we can be sure of the followers of Christ must live by faith.  In that you are reading this you still can choose the path of the arrogant, that leads to eternal death or by the faith God will give you, you can repent of your sins, and choose eternal life with Jesus Christ.

If you have ever known a couple that wanted children and was not able to have them, you understand they are willing to do almost anything to have a child.  If you live in a dry area of land you know how quick the rain is gone and the waterhole dries up, and the grass turns brown.

This year we watched fire kill and destroy, it leaves little behind, and we have watched it burn thousands of acres of land and forest and homes and leave little behind.  All of these examples have this in common; they take and destroy the lives of others.  If you do not believe me, just marry one of the leech’s daughters, and see if you're not living in a hell on earth.

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice