The Wrong Yardstick

Good morning! Some of you might have trouble remembering what a yardstick was, we don't see them as much as we once did. Not too many decades ago, hardware stores gave out yardsticks to their customers. Metersticks on the other hand didn't seem to catch on well at all. Perhaps the time to go metric was too soon or the effort by our government not enough, or maybe we are just too rebellious as a people, but the wrong yardstick continued into a sort of oblivion until inexpensive tape measure tools took over. There may be an app for your smart phone soon that will use a laser to measure. However, all of these measuring devices are wrong for measuring the important stuff.

We measure our success by the money in our wallet, or bank account, or brokerage account, or whatever account, but none of our dollars will speak for us at the judgment. We measure the security of our life by the total of the IRA, or 401k, or Roth, or whatever, but the payments of our retirement fund will not secure eternity for us. We measure success in our career by the title on the nameplate, but that too will be left behind, or worse brought up as evidence of how much we were given in this life and how much was then expected of us. Much to the horror of many, that measure will come up short time and time again in the judgment. Perhaps the worst measure of all is to look at our deeds and try to come up with a total that is good enough.

Look at all that I have done, surely the Lord would not condemn someone who is good enough? This sort of statement will be another wrong yardstick that comes up in the judgment. None of us are good enough for the Lord's standard. All are doomed in their own works and condemned to eternal punishment. We have only one hope, one Way to come to the Father and be accepted into His eternal reward: Jesus our Lord and Savior. Any other measure than Jesus is the wrong yardstick.

There is much more to this, but you have work to do. Let us see what tomorrow brings. Have a wonderful day in Christ Jesus!
Bucky