A Spectacle Of Glory #278

Read: Daniel 5:27

In today’s Scripture, King Belshazzar sees a cryptic message handwritten on the wall of his banquet room. When he asks Daniel what it means, God’s prophet replies, “You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.” Thinking about this reply might prompt us to ask, “Where are we found wanting?” To find out, look to Jesus and ask yourself how much you have been conformed to His likeness. Do you have His meekness? His humility? His gracious spirit? Do we, like Paul, consider ourselves “the worst of sinners” and least of all the saints?^a Can we say with him, “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain”?^b Let’s ask God to bring us there. Let’s ask His Spirit to rekindle our need for God, for deeper faith, for warmer zeal, and for more fervent love. Together let’s cry out, “Please, Lord, if I am to be weighed on Your scales, may You never find me wanting.”

Lord Jesus, I think about the way You spoke to Your church in the book of Revelation: “I know your deeds . . . I know your afflictions . . . I know where you live . . . I have found your deeds unfinished.”^c You examine my life and my words, my thoughts and my attitudes. That’s why I humble myself before You, Lord, and ask for Your grace.