A proud king is afflicted with insanity and acts like a donkey for years. He only stops eating grass when his long lost sanity, accompanied by his even longer lost humility, comes back to him.
Then later his son repeats the father's folly and gives free reign to pride. Then one night a hand appears and writes on the wall "Weighed, weighed and found wanting."
The king made himself out to be someone very valuable and important but when measured on God's scale he did not amount to that much. He was found wanting, lacking.
When we love others with devotion and treat them as though they were more important than we are we don't need to worry about the writing on the wall.
Call to Repentance
John 15:6-8 (page 1677)
Call to Worship
Psalm 63 (page 899)
OT Reading
Daniel 5:18-31 (page 1380)
NT Reading
1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 (page 1840)
Message
Found Wanting
Romans 12:10 (page 1764)
“Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.”
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