The book of Proverbs gives us a lot of instruction on a lot of different subjects. One subject that can keep us in God’s wisdom is Godly Follower-ship. Who we follow; where we follow; how we follow are all spoken about in Proverbs. Here is one of them.
Proverbs 16:2 (bible://20.16.2)
All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight, but the LORD weighs the motives.
When you and I measure our goals, purpose and desires of life we might view them through our own rose colored glasses. We might look at what we do and why we do things with a bent of purity and a mind of piety. We typically would use the measuring stick of the man next door. Since we are better than the neighbor to the left we must be really good. And if the neighbor to the left is actually better than us, we simply use the neighbor to the right, or someone else of lower stature. But, we are not the measurement. God is the measurement. His standards are what is on the other side of the scale. So, even though we might look good to others, let us remember that God is weighing out our spirit and our real motives. We might look awful humble but He sees the wicked pride underneath. Let Him be our measurement! And, let's rejoice in the fact that God places Jesus Christ on our side of the scale to even things out. Now that is a new way to weigh things.
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