Thank You for my just lot,
not too much, not too little.
What’s perfect for me
right down the middle.

Content my heart
with my daily bread
that I be not overcome
by wanting or dread.

Too much in excess,
a heart lifts without Thee.
Too little and desperate,
sins against Divinity.

But You are the provider
of all my care.
My just lot from You,
there is no err.

Tailor-made for me
and my time in this land,
according to Your love
and master plan.

“Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: 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.” Proverbs 30:8,9

“The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.” Psalm 145:15

“But godliness with contentment is great gain.” 1 Timothy 6:6

“And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.” Luke 12:15

“He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.” Ecclesiastes 5:10

“Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.” Philippians 4:11

“Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.” Proverbs 28:6

“Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places.” Habakkuk 3:17-19

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