Weighed in the Scales

This Kerinci man is leaning against a scale used to weigh rice and other produce to determine how much the buyer will pay to the grower for his crop. This scale is very important to the people of this village as most earn their livelihood as farmers.

Many Kerinci believe in another type of scale. This scale balances the amount of good works they do against the sins they commit. It is their hope that their good deeds outweigh their bad so that God will receive them into heaven. Most people who follow this belief admit that they will likely have to spend some time in hell to pay for their sins.

Proverbs 20:23 shares that dishonest scales are hated by the Lord. The scale that many Kerinci people are trusting with their eternal destiny is a dishonest scale. It over values the worth of good deeds, and underestimates the debt incurred with even the smallest of sins. All who trust in such a scale will meet with judgment and destruction at the end.

The only thing that can balance the scales of God’s just wrath against sinful mankind is the great blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Only His imputed righteousness can tip the scales in man’s favor. The Good News of what Jesus has done is little known among the Kerinci.

Pray for workers to go and share the Good News of Jesus Christ with the Kerinci so that their sins may not just be balanced, but be completely forgiven.

Pray for the Holy Spirit to bring deep conviction to the hearts of Kerinci people regarding the true wages of sin.

Pray that long-held traditions and beliefs will not keep the Kerinci from hearing and accepting the Gospel as God’s way, truth, and life.

Pray for multiplied groups of Kerinci believers gathered around God’s throne in heaven at the end of this age.