A False Balance and Weight

A False Balance and Weight

“A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight.” Prov. 11:1. “Even though divination is on the lips of the king, his mouth must not transgress in judgment. A just weight and balance are the Lord’s; all the weights in the bag are His work.” Prov. 16:10-11.

People have always cheated with balances and weights, and it has always been an abomination in God’s eyes.

When it concerns measuring and weighing each other in a spiritual sense, none of us have, by nature, the right balance and weight. “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one.” 1 Cor. 2:14-15. The natural man has nothing but his own ideas and opinions to put in the balances; and if he has something against the person he is weighing and judging he will convert one gram into many kilograms.

When it concerns buying and selling here in this world the authorities require that unbalanced scales be adjusted; otherwise they will affix a notice to the scales that it is unlawful to use them for buying and selling. Most people are like unlawful weights in a spiritual sense. They cast their opinions on the scales according to their moods and their likes and dislikes. They have no fear in their hearts. People who are precious and weighty in God’s scales are perhaps rejectable or small and insignificant according to their weights and balances, and as such they find them too “light” as their fellow men. However, it is extremely dangerous to measure and weigh your fellow brothers and sisters, and the more God-fearing a person is, the more dangerous it is. We can read about how it went with Korah and his men. Let us also take Jesus’ words powerfully to heart: “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the same measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” Matt. 7:1-2.

“A just weight and balance are the Lord’s . . . .” No one has this in himself, that is, in his human nature, even if he is ever so clever and shrewd. We have to get the right weights and scales from the Lord, for the weights are the work of the Lord. We can put the correct weights in the scales on the basis of His nature, His spirit of fear, love, mercy, righteousness, and truth. May we daily adjust our weights in all humility before Christ’s face. Jesus will be the Judge of all men, because He was the Son of Man. He never passed a false judgment during His sojourn here on earth. His judgment was not influenced by any carnal relations and friendships. He knew no one according to the flesh, and no one could gain His favor by means of flattery or hypocrisy.

Now we are being educated to be Christ’s co-judges in the world to come. Let us therefore be extremely careful when we say something about another person or a certain situation. God pays close attention to the judgment of our heart.

May God give us great grace to appreciate people and things, for their true worth. May holy and precious God-fearing people who are precious in God’s eyes, also be precious in our eyes. Those who obey the Lord’s commandments are God’s friends. Let them also be our friends. May we always put the correct highest value on the heavenly things and the least value on all earthly things so that we can always be preserved in a blessed rest and joy.