Putters and Plumb Lines

This week, I saw a golfer hold up his putter and dangle it downward, lining up a putt. The announcer described it as a “Golfer’s plumb line.” The plumb line, is an instrument that has been used since at least the time of ancient Egypt to ensure that constructions are “plumb”, or vertical. It is usually a string with a weight, providing a vertical reference line. For the golfer it helps determine the break of the green. In the days of Amos the prophet, The Lord used a “plumb line,” to determine how upright His people were, saying to Amos, “Behold, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of My people” (Amos 7:8). God still uses a plumb line today. Neither how upright we think we are, nor how upright others think we are, means anything to God. He is only interested in how upright we are measured by His standards of measurement. If God were to set His plumb line of measurement next to you, how would you measure up?

Join me this week in remembering the following global prayer concerns:
• Pray for Joe as he travels daily this week to Yenakievo, Ukraine to be the VBS Bible study leader.
• Pray for Tommy & Beth as they prepare to lead two Schools of Cross-Cultural Missions in Northeastern and in Southern Peru this fall.
• Pray for Larry and Melinda as they continue to minister in Győr, Hungary.
• Pray for Gary and Sue as they try to reach people and start churches in Winnipeg and northern Ontario, Canada.
• Give thanks for successful surgery last week for Karen in Poland.