Weights….

 Weights… 

Whenever I go to the local big box store, upon checking out, they always ask if I want my things in a box and I say, “Yes, if small and lighter things are in it, as I have to be able to load and unload it”…then  some proceed to put the lighter items in the box, while others fill it to capacity with the weightier jars, etc….so when I get to my car, I am either able to load the lighter box directly into the car or unload the heavier box item by item into the car from the cart…leaving an empty box…

Or, my husband once was looking for a weight set. He found one at a garage sale and the thoughtful seller immediately said, “here, let me put all of these weights in this cardboard box for you.” He couldn’t even lift the box let alone move the box to his truck it was so full of all the weights and pipes, accessories….a family chuckle for years…

Weights…some are heavy beyond our capacity to lift, while others we can left one by one…others, like sin, hold us down…

God wants honestly in our dealings, to look at our dealings with others…

Solomon talks about weights in Proverbs…

 A false balance is an abomination to the Lord,but a just weight is his delight.

Prov.11.1

 A just balance and scales are the Lord's;all the weights in the bag are his work.

Prov.16.11

 Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord. 

Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord,and false scales are not good.

Prov.20.10,Prov.20.23

Micah…

 Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful weights?

Mic.6.11

Jesus…

 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

Matt.23.23

Paul…

  So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 

For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,

2Cor.4.16-17

 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Heb.12.1-2

Thank YOU…

Lay aside every weight…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jLK7JhTLHM&list=RD3jLK7JhTLHM&start_radio=1