Amos 7:7-8, “Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.  And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:”

If you and I were going to build a house or building we would need to put up walls that were straight.  They would need to be square also, so that the corners would meet up correctly.  Measuring the walls up and down to check for straightness can be done with a plumbline.  In our verses above the word “plumbline” means to be narrow.  This refers to using a string with a plumbett on the end to check to see if something is straight up and down.

This reminds me of God’s Word.  If we want to see where we are at all we need to do is compare ourselves to the Word of God.  It will show us were we are crooked or not straight.  Then we must make adjustments in our lives to make us align with God’s Word once again.  If you move the plumbline all you do is create more problems.  We have to make changes personally to conform to God’s measureing device called the Bible.

So, how are you doing?