Proverbs 21:2 (NKJV) => Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the heart.
This verse intends to remind me that if I use the human system of right and wrong, I will pretty much always be on the right side. I can always find someone who is worse than me -- "well, at least I'm not like Soandso!". Or I can always rationalize it away -- "I HAD TO lie. It would have been rude to tell her how that REALLY looked on her!". People usually see someone else's bad behavior (otherwise known as sin) as being "more bad" than their own. It is a sliding-scale so to say. God is consistent about what is wrong and what is right. The same things that were sinful 3000 years ago is still sinful now and will still be sinful 3000 years from now. He looks into our hearts to see our motivations and attitude. Something that appears to be right, like helping another person out, could be wrong when done for selfish, self-serving reasons, like for the publicity. I need to do a quick heart check before I do something. Is the reason I want to do this because it will help someone with a need or is it so I can get something out of it? I do not think it is completely bad to get something out of helping someone else ... I think it's even talked about somewhere in the Bible that there are win/win scenarios. I know that I feel better emotionally when I help someone else out with something.
Heavenly Father, thank You for being the consistent measure of what is right and wrong. Show me where I am not seeing that in my life. Show me ways that I can reach out and help others in a way that creates a win/win situation. Strengthen me to do what You have put onto my heart to accomplish. Amen.
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