"But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways...You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting."
Daniel 5: 23 and 27
Belshazzar, a king during Daniel's time, had thousands of nobles, many wives and concubines with whom he enjoyed royal prestige wth a banquet of rich foods and flowing wine. He had it all! Yet, when he was weighed by God, he was found to be wanting. He misused the temple goblets as beverage glasses, which "set himself up against the Lord of heaven." (verse 23) On the surface, it appeared Belshazzar had it made, yet his life was snuffed out that very night and someone else took his place the next day.
Jesus said in Matthew 23:13 "For whoever exalts himself will be humbled and whoever humbles himself will be exalted." It is God who holds your life in his hand. Honor him in all you do, and your weight will be just right.
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