DCLM Sincere Milk 16 December 2025 — TEKEL
DCLM Sincere Milk 16 December 2025 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — TEKEL
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Topic: TEKEL
Text: Daniel 5:24-29
24Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
25And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
26This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
27TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
28PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
29Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Key Verse: “TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.” Daniel 5:27
Message
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of His lords, and drank wine before the thousand. While he tasted the wine, he took the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God in Jerusalem and drank alcoholic wine and praised the gods of gold, silver, brass, iron, wood and stone. He did all these with his princes, wives and concubines. God was so angry with Belshazzar that while he was drunk, he saw the finger of a man’s hand writing on the wall. The writing was “MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN”. The meaning and interpretation were revealed by Daniel whom God used to prove to Belshazzar that He is God.
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Our focus is on the word “TEKEL” which means “Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting”. Belshazzar was guilty of the offence committed and God was ready to deal with him. Unfortunately, he did not repent despite the warning. That night, he died and went to eternity unprepared. Do not be like Belshazzar, do not defile the temple of God with sin, do not worship any other god apart from the God of heaven. If you are guilty in any of these things, you must repent and God will have mercy on you.
Further Reading: 1 Corinthians 3:16,17
Prayer for today: Lord, keep me pure all the time.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
