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Weighed And Found Wanting by yam: 12:54pm On Dec 23, 2008
God has a judicial standard by which He measures and weighs the actions of all men. The divine observation, evaluation and verdict on Belshazzar teach us that every human being of every class is under the accurate observation of God’s sleepless eye. It is therefore of infinite importance to be conscious of God’s watching eye every moment of our lives. On what will our destiny be determined on the day of reckoning? We shall be tried and judged, not by the laws of the land, but by the law of God. We shall be weighed in the balance of God’s judicial standard. Who, tried in this balance, could hope to come forth triumphant, without Christ’s redemption, forgiveness and salvation? Only through Christ’s merit, who has satisfied the demands of God’s perfect law, in its minutest demands, can anyone hope to stand before God justified and uncondemned.
Weighed in the balance of human opinion, Belshazzar might have been approved. But while he was being approved and acclaimed by his lords, princes and people, another judgment was going on! He was being weighed in the scales of conscience. “His thoughts troubled him”. Many people who are accounted good men by their neighbours, are nevertheless accused and condemned by their consciences. Stricken by conscience, the “still small voice” stings them and, dries up the fountain of inner peace and joy. There is in every man’s soul something which calls him to himself, holds up the mirror before him and puts a check upon the praises of men.
Belshazzar was ultimately weighed in the scales of divine justice and condemned. “Thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting.” These words brought the deepest dread and despair upon Belshazzar. As his soul approached the final day, the scales of the balance were before him. In one scale of the balance was placed the divine moral requirement, in the other was his sinful, immoral, idolatrous life. The turning of the scale fixed his destiny. “Weighed and found wanting”! Belshazzar’s last day on earth had come and those words of divine judgment struck him with indescribable anxiety. His judgment was irreversible. Let men and women of wisdom and spiritual vision anticipate and see the handwriting on the wall and ask for forgiveness, salvation and grace for righteousness before it becomes too late.

Re: Weighed And Found Wanting by Image123(m): 4:38pm On Dec 23, 2008
Thank you and God bless you 'yam'. The message is clear for all so that we all are without excuse.let's us make do of the privileges we have at hearing the gospel and the handwriting on the wall.you may hear it everyday on internet,from the church opposite your house or at work,you may be opportuned to hear the gospel just once a week or once a month,or on a journey or in prison like some philippians or even once in a lifetime.No matter how often you hear it,pls do not say no to the call of God. I'm reminded of a lovely song about Belshasar.the chorus part is like
Tis the hand of God on the wall,on the wall 2ce
shall your record be found wanting or shall it be found trusting
While that hand is writing on the wall.
i pray that our lives and records will be found trusting

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