The Perfect Weight
Proverbs 11:1
Dishonest scales are an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight.
Insight
God does enter into business; you can take Him into partnership with you. However, you can’t form a partnership with Him if you are crooked. If you are honest, He would like to be your partner. The Christian businessman is to be honest and a man of integrity. I am thankful that there are so many of these wonderful Christian businessmen. I have played golf with such a man. He lives in Chicago but had come down to Florida to attend our Bible conferences. Although we became well–acquainted, I didn’t come to know much about him in his business dealings. I was so pleased when another man who knows him well told me that this man is known far and near for his honesty and integrity. And he is a successful businessman. It is wonderful to find there are still men like this. 1
Application
How do you weight in on your personal matters? Do you live with full disclosure, or is there a second set of books that conceal the behind the scene deals? Every person is capable of compromise, and every person is capable of correction. Consider making the right changes, right away…today.
Motivation
But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one. Matthew 5:37
It is only a good deal if you deal with integrity.
Prayer
Father, teach me how to avoid the shadows, and how to live in the light of Your truth.
1. McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: Poetry (Proverbs) (electronic ed., Vol. 20). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.