Proverbs 11:1
A
false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
A
balance here is that which weighs something.
Sometimes in the marketplaces of old, a scale might be upon the seller’s
table. Perhaps the amount of grain to be
purchased was placed there and an appropriate price would be given per
pound. Sometimes a dishonest seller
would unjustly weigh down the scale so as to charge his customer more than what
the buyer actually purchased. Here we
see that a false balance is an abomination to the Lord.
Ladies,
we could very well be doing this in our own lives. How do we weigh those matters that affect
us? Does a little word spoken to you
become a larger burden than it actually is?
Do you measure the events of your life by a scale falsely balanced by
this world’s ideas of what is valuable and what is not? If we have a just way of weighing things we
find in this verse that is delightful to the Lord. We must come before Him in prayer and before
His Word to measure those things that affect us. We mustn’t let the enemy, that deceiver, put
false weights where things are not that heavy.
We mustn’t let our own biases and perspectives give us the wrong
measurement in assessing situations, relationships and events in our lives.
The
next time you are facing something and attempting to determine its impact on
you, remember this verse. Ask the Lord
to help you weigh it justly and to remove from you any false balances in your
life. When you go to a gas station you
will see a sticker on the pump assuring its integrity by a governmental agency
that checks scales and measuring devices.
You only want to pay for that which you put in and you appreciate the integrity
of an honest scale. We don’t need to be
weighed down by things that are judged by a dishonest scale. Let us be sure to always come before His
inspection so as to maintain an honest way of weighing matters.
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