Intentions. Everything we do – we do with some level
of level intention. We have a purpose for what we do, say, and act. Now, sometimes we are hyper aware of those intentions and sometimes they may be buried deep in our psyche. Even when we do something rash, there was some type of intention – regardless of immediate – behind our action. And generally, we like to think we always have the best of intentions. Our motives are always pure. We never intentionally set out to do anything wrong (generally). Right?
Solomon teaches us that this is a common failing of man. Our inability to be honest and truly examine our intentions and motives. We always believe we have pure motives but is that really the case? Are all of our intentions always good? To ask the question is to answer it. Solomon tells us this is something that man struggles with – truly evaluating our motives. But, he then reminds us that this is NOT a struggle for God. God weighs our spirit. He cuts through the lies we tell ourselves. He sees our true self and our true intentions and then He judges them.
This is why is it so important to not rely on our own judgments and rationales for our behavior. If and when we judge ourselves, we are always pure…innocent…our scales are always even. But that is because we are looking with our own eyes. We need to evaluate our intentions and motives through God’s eyes.
God hasn’t kept His scales a secret. He had told us His standards. He has told us about the inner workings of our heart and mind. He hasn’t kept His measurements hidden. We shouldn’t and truly we won’t stand before God on judgment and be surprised. We can know how God judges our intentions. But, we have to seek God’s scales out. They don’t come naturally to us. We have to be honest with ourselves and to take the blinders off our own eyes. We have to start looking at our hearts the way God sees them.
We have to stop using our scales and start using God’s. Our scales are always tilted in our own favor. In other words, we cheat. But God’s scales are perfect. They are honest. They are true. And there will be no escaping their judgements.
In the end, we don’t want to be like King Belshazzar (Daniel 5). Don’t be weighed and found wanting.
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