“You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting” (Daniel 5:27)  

It’s a good thing to put yourself on a scale, a double-pan balance, with you on one side and the saints of Scripture on the other. When you read the Psalms, compare yourself to David, the “man after God’s own heart” (1 Samuel 13:14). Ask yourself, “Can I honestly say what he said? Do I feel as David felt? Has my heart been regularly broken because of sin, as his was when he penned his Psalms? Do I sing songs of thanksgiving in my trials, as he did, while hiding in caves for no fault of his own? 

 Then, turn to the life of Christ, and as you read, ask yourselves, how much you’re conformed to His image (Romans 8:29). Determine, whether you have the meekness, the humility, the lovely spirit which He constantly displayed. 

 Then, read the Epistles, and see whether you agree with the Apostle Paul in what he said of his experience. Have you ever cried out as he did - "O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” Have you ever felt his humility? Have you thought of yourself as the “chief of sinners”, and “less than the least of saints”? Have you known anything of his devotion? Could you agree with him, “For me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain”? 

 “All things that are exposed are made manifest by the light” (Ephesians 5:11). When Scripture exposes your condition, you can repent: “Lord, I haven’t been consecrated to you as I should. Help me to see my sin as You see it, and get back to You quickly when I stumble. Help me to be thankful in all things and for all things, because I know You’re in control of my life. Help me to be a doer, and not just a hearer of Your Word. Help me to be zealous for Your Ways and fill me with your love. Help me to be humble like Jesus, and no longer be “found wanting”, when weighed in the balance of Your Word”.