TEKEL? CAN WE READ THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL?
WHEN I AM IN THE HOLE OF DARKNESS?
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
I take a scale and lay it before the altar?
THE WEIGH IN ALWAYS OCCURS BEFORE THE FIGHT.
WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH THIS HOLE IN MY HEART?
Matthew 12:44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
There is a sign upon our hearts that says EMPTY, VACANT, LONELY, HOPELESS?
I HAVE FOUND IN LIFE THAT EVERY PERSON HAS A HOLE IN THEIR HEART.
There is some kind of VOID: There seems to be a lacking, vainness, times of seemingly uselessness.
We need to fill that VOID and feeling of hollowness…
Our need to fill this hole can lead us on vain searches? We find that void or emptiness of loneliness is searching for something to fill that place and make us feel full, complete, whole, SO WE SEARCH IN PEOPLE? MONEY? OVERTIME? POSSESSIONS? MATERIALISM? RELIGION? GOOD DEEDS?
CHANGE IS COMING… TEKEL
THE PARTY IS OVER… The King had thrown one of the biggest parties ever known?
THERE WAS A HAND WRITING A FEW WORDS… MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN…
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
THE KING KNEW SOMETHING BEFORE HE KNEW SOMETHING?
THE PARTY IS OVER… IN REALITY FEAR TAKES OVER AND REIGNS
The gods of wine, women, sex, silver and gold will always LET YOU DOWN, into HELL?
Daniel 5:5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. 6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Daniel 5:23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
YOU, YOUR PARTY, YOUR DEEDS, YOUR WORDS WILL GO ON THE SCALES OF TIME AND ETERNITY!
Daniel 5:27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
YOU HAVE BEEN FOUND WANTING? LACKING? EVIDENCE? NOT WHAT IS NEEDED? NOT UP TO EXPECTATIONS? NO AT THE RIGHT PLACE?
JACK HIGGINS WROTE: THE EAGLE HAS LANDED. He said that he had learned one thing that he had wished he had learned when he was a boy: “WHEN YOU GET TO THE TOP, THERE IS NOTHING THERE.”
WHAT IS THE COST? WHAT IF WE EVER ADDED IT ALL UP?
WHAT DO YOU GET FOR WORKING YOUR FINGERS TO THE BONE? BONEY FINGERS!
WHAT IS THERE TO SHOW FOR A LIFE TIME OF WORK?
Linda won tickets to Beach Bend Race Track for the Hot Rod show. I so love old cars. Many bring back memories from yesteryear.
I walked among the dragsters and was amazed, the work spaces looked like surgery rooms. The engines were $50 to $60 K. At the end of 7 seconds the race was over. 7 seconds? I talked to a man and his wife from Muncy, Indiana. I asked him how much money do you have invested in this? He told me if you ever added it all up you would quit. Not only was there the car, but the huge fancy trailer, then the tools. Then the upgraded truck to pull the equipment. His wife said the paint job was thousands of dollars. Rebuilt the engine after two or three runs? Then the expenses of fuel, meals, and gas. He runs 6 to 7 times a year? His wife said at least $300,000 just in equipment?
Then she added we go for long periods of time without a win. I really enjoyed the discussion with them. I walked away and thought and returned to ask one more question? I said I did not want to be nosey but did they ever make money on any weekend? The man replied: IF WE EVER MAKE ENOUUGH TO COVER OUR EXPENSES FOR THAT WEEKEND, WE COUNT IT A GREAT SUCCESS?
A half a million dollars invested and success is to break even on the expenses for that weekend?
(Note: the big money goes to those that attract the big companies’ sponsorships.) All he was doing
Was for the love of the run?
I consider the words of a smart man? SMOKE, NOTHING BUT SMOKE?
IS THERE ANYTHING TO DAILY LIVING?
There are days that I just slap my forehead and say: VANITY OF VANITIES EVERYTHING IS VANITY?
Ecclesiastes 1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? 4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
CAN WE EVER SEE AND WEIGH THE END PRODUCT?
Well, I PONDER WHY WE DO NOT EVER WANT TO TOTAL UP AND BE ACCOUNTABLE.
What does the smart man conclude?
Ecclesiastes 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
TEKEL? THREE YEARS? THREE YEARS OF VANITY?
GIVE ANOTHER CHANCE? TAKE ANOTHER CHANCE? LET US HAVE THE TRY AGAIN ATTITUDE!
WHILE OUR VOID SEEMS SO GREAT WE WILL SEARCH MANY PLACES IN VAIN.
DRUGS, SEX, ALCOHOL, TROPHIES, FAME, LOVE?
Luke 13:7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
THE FIRE IS COMING…
THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF TREES FIRE WOOD OR FRUIT TREES…
Matthew 3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
THE FIRE WILL REVEAL, IF WE FILL THE HOLE IN OUR HEARTS WITH HAY, STUBBLE, OR WOOD?
WE ARE BUILDING --- DAILY MENIAL CHORES WILL TELL AND REVEAL THE TRUTH.
ONE OF MY LINES IN LIFE HAS BEEN TIME WILL TELL, TIME WILL REVEAL…
IF WE ARE LEAVES ONLY…TEKEL?
Matthew 21:19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward forever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
THERE ARE DAYS LIFE’S VOID HURTS US SO BAD… WE HAVE TO FIND THE PLAN AND PURPOSE OF GOD FOR US AS INDIVIDUALS…
OFTEN WE FIND THIS THROUGH TRIAL AND ERROR.
Some days LIFE seems HARD and COLD.
Leviticus 26:19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
IS MY LIFE MEANINGFUL?
THE BATTLE GROUNDS ARE CLEAR, AM I REALLY SIGNIFICANT?
Has what I am doing had enough effect to be noticed?
Am I special? What kind of influence do I have?
Have I ever done anything to make a change for the better?
IS ONE OF THE ENEMY’S BATTLE WEAPONS AGAINST YOU IS CAUSING YOU TO FEEL INSIGNIFICANT?
Depression, misery, gloom, despair?
Do you struggle feeling small, worthless, unappreciated?
TEKEL?
WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH YOUR EMPTY HOLE? Everyone has this disease!
ONE DOES NOT BUILD A LOCK WITHOUT HAVING A KEY TO UNLOCK?
THE HOLE IN YOUR HEART IS SHAPED LIKE GOD!
JESUS: TEKEL? WE WILL BE WEIGHED?
10 SICK?
Luke 17:12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: 13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
10 HEALED?
Luke 17:15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, 16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? 18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. 19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
THERE WERE 10 HEALED, BUT ONLY ONE WAS MADE WHOLE…
IT WAS A CHOICE TO FILL THE VOID… TEKEL.
TEKEL? YOU WILL BE WEIGHED, THE DIFFERENCE IS JESUS AND THE RIGHT ATTIITUDE
OF LOVE AND APPRECIATION.
THE QUESTION WE MUST ADDRESS IS WILL WE BE MADE WHOLE, OR WILL THE TEKEL FIND US WANTING?
John 5:6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
