Our Spiritual Scales

“But you his son…have not humbled yourself, though you knew all this. Instead, you have set yourself up against the Lord of Heaven…you did not honor God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways…Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription…Mene: God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end. Tekel: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting. Peres: Your kingdom is divided and given…” Daniel 5:22, 23, 26-28.

This king was the son of King Nebuchadnezzar who undoubtedly knew the history of the seven year temporary insanity that God brought to his dad. His father had made a very public proclamation regarding the way God humbled him. Anything that occurs in our family history that brings on despair and devastation is generally communicated to the following generation. In this case, the next generation heaped more on the family scales instead of using them to balance his life.

We have the opportunity to witness to others in an effort to encourage them to avoid our spiritual pitfalls. We can communicate how God has moved in our lives to transform a heart of ‘anything goes’ to a heart of ‘He reigns.’ God will look at each of our hearts in an effort to weigh its motives. ‘All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.’ Prov. 21:2.

We cannot load up our scales with the things of this world which will never honor God. Our lives represent a set of scales which God will keep in balance. If one side gets too heavy God will determine that it is time for a new season to be ushered in – a season to regain balance. These seasons seldom bring comfort and peace but rather a realignment of His ways. Any area of our life that God determines we are spiritually off balance will be reworked, reshaped and molded into a more balanced life in Him.

We must be so aligned with God and His ways that our spiritual scales only move when He moves.