“Now this is the inscription that was written out: ‘MENĒ, MENĒ, TEKĒL, UPHARSIN.’ This is the interpretation of the message: ‘MENĒ’—God has numbered your kingdom and put an end to it. ‘TEKĒL’—you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient. ‘PERĒS’—your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.” Daniel 5:25-28
Nebuchadnezzar, the king's father, had been granted sovereignty, grandeur, glory and majesty by the most high God, Yahweh. When he became proud and arrogant God stripped him of everything until Nebuchadnezzar humbly acknowledged Yahweh's sovereignty. His station in life was restored.
Yet his son, Belshazzar, learned nothing from it. He did not humble his heart, even though he knew all this. He exalted himself against the Lord of heaven and God would not have it. That evening He wrote a message for the king, on the wall, and Daniel was called in the explain it. “MENĒ’—God has numbered your kingdom and put an end to it. ‘TEKĒL’—you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient. ‘PERĒS’—your kingdom has been divided.”
God has given most of us more glory and majesty than we've earned. In return, He expects us to be a bit humble and give credit to Him. We bathe in our own glory at great risk. Yet, many of us insist on being the smartest person in the room. I suppose, when something comes so easily, we fail to value it appropriately...until it's gone. Why not avoid the drama and give credit...where credit is due?
Live boldly out there today...
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