MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN

As I was praying that God would give the US Supreme Court Justices wisdom and a heart to do whatever is right on yet another historical decision, it was is if my attention was redirected by God to pray for His people--myself included.

These Biblical phrases came to mind:

Judgment must begin in the house of God. 1 Peter 4:17

MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN (see Daniel 5:24-28)

Which means,

God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end.

You have been weighed in the balances and found wanting.

Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.

I pray that whatever decision is made by the Supreme Court that our attitude as ambassadors of our Savior will change from one of entitlement and judgment in the political and cultural arena to one of love and a willingness to suffer with joy for love and purity's sake that even one more might be saved.

I pray that we begin to radically encounter our Heavenly Father as times change. He really does love us just the way we are but loves us too much to let us remain complacent, untested and smug.

My limited and fallible sense is that a time of testing is coming for those of us who claim to represent the kingdom of God. Our deeds have been found wanting and God wants to purify and strengthen us in the coming season. The end of the harvest is approaching and He requires our love and sacrifice for the night comes when no one will be able to work.