When Pride Fills Your Heart
“Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was
written. And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom,
and finished it. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found
wanting. PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a
chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he
should be the third ruler in the kingdom. In that night was Belshazzar the king
of the Chaldeans slain. And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about
threescore and two years old.” (Daniel 5:24-31)
Today’s
Morsel: One of the things about pride is that it can elevate
itself within your life and you just think that it is normal. Some folks try to
justify others' pride by stating that that is just the way that they are. But
Solomon states: “When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the
lowly is wisdom.” (Proverbs 11:2) When Belshazzar saw the handwriting on the
wall it scared him so bad that his knees began to shake. When he called for Daniel to interpret the vision, Daniel tells him of his father
Nebuchadnezzar's demise. He says: “But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he
was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: And he
was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and
his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and
his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God
ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou
knewest all this; But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and
they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy
lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast
praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which
see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose
are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified” (Daniel 5:20-23) Daniel also tells him
that he knew what God did to his father, and yet he still lifted up himself
with pride. And now he was weighed in the balance and found wanting. If
God were to weigh you right now, would you be found wanting because of pride?
Keep thy heart with all diligence for out of it is the issues of life.
Don't let pride sneak in and take over.
Sing: For above all else, I must be saved.
For above all else, I must be saved. Lord whatever You have to do to me don’t
let me be lost for eternity, for above all else I must be saved.
Thought For Today: “Pride goeth before
destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.” (Proverbs 16:18)
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