4 Things GOD Wants YOU to Know, pt. 1/2 | Who was Agur in the Bible?

Do you notice things? Are you an observant person? Observant people often see beyond the first level of a situation, for example. Many see a thing and think they’ve seen all there is, then there are those who really see. They see the second, or third level of a thing. They consider the angles, the people involved, the timing, consider possible motives, and context which yield for them, very often, a higher degree of understanding of the elemental nature of the situation or a thing. Counselors often do this. A good counselor must be a good listener and observant of multiple avenues of information coming from the patient. There is the person’s history, temperament, experiences, education, and distant and immediate reactions to a problem. Counselors often distinguish this kind of diagnostic consideration as the difference between “the root” and “the fruit” of a plant. The root produces the fruit and not the other way around. A rotten root kills the plant and yields no fruit. But, a healthy root yields good fruit and plenty of it. Chapters 30 and 31 are attributed to individuals of whom we know little. Perhaps chapter 31 is in fact written by King Solomon but there is a good chance he did not. A’gur was observant. He watched the world around him. He was a student of God’s nature, animals, and people. He was an oracle, a wise man, in the nation of Israel in ancient times. We know almost nothing about him. We do not know where he came from, to whom he was born, or when he died. But, we can know a great deal about A’gur’s walk with God in this world by the wisdom he left us in Proverbs chapter 30.