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Thoughts in Worship
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Wednesday, October 19, 2016
“Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.” (Proverbs 23:19-21).
The United States is full of all-you-can-eat buffets and bars that serve half-priced drinks during happy hour. This, in part, is because our society has become so enamored by excess. In terms of popularity, these buffets are doing great business. If people exhibited more self control on a regular basis, such businesses would not exist. After all, who would patronize them? Perhaps buffets are good when people choose not to overeat from them. Certainly, nothing good comes from bars or drinking alcohol.
The Bible gives good counsel about gluttony and drunkenness. If we are prone to either of them, it leads to poverty. While there are practical implications, the spiritual are even more astounding. Look at the imagery. Gluttony and drunkenness leads to sluggish minds in the natural world. In spiritual life, if we become drunk with the wine of self-gratification, and become gluttonous with the meat of living for pleasure, our experience with God becomes sluggish. As we continue in those paths, the righteousness that God gives the faithful as a covering is exchanged for the filthy rags of self-righteousness.
Let us feast on the word of God and drink freely of the water of life. The Lord is willing to give us all that we need for nourishment, that we might share it with others. As we continue doing this, all with whom we come into contact will benefit from our experience, and will potentially gain an experience with God of their own to perpetuate the same blessing and one day we will meet on the streets of gold.—L. David Harris (www.DavidWritesaLot.com)
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Wednesday, October 19, 2016
“Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.” (Proverbs 23:19-21).
The United States is full of all-you-can-eat buffets and bars that serve half-priced drinks during happy hour. This, in part, is because our society has become so enamored by excess. In terms of popularity, these buffets are doing great business. If people exhibited more self control on a regular basis, such businesses would not exist. After all, who would patronize them? Perhaps buffets are good when people choose not to overeat from them. Certainly, nothing good comes from bars or drinking alcohol.
The Bible gives good counsel about gluttony and drunkenness. If we are prone to either of them, it leads to poverty. While there are practical implications, the spiritual are even more astounding. Look at the imagery. Gluttony and drunkenness leads to sluggish minds in the natural world. In spiritual life, if we become drunk with the wine of self-gratification, and become gluttonous with the meat of living for pleasure, our experience with God becomes sluggish. As we continue in those paths, the righteousness that God gives the faithful as a covering is exchanged for the filthy rags of self-righteousness.
Let us feast on the word of God and drink freely of the water of life. The Lord is willing to give us all that we need for nourishment, that we might share it with others. As we continue doing this, all with whom we come into contact will benefit from our experience, and will potentially gain an experience with God of their own to perpetuate the same blessing and one day we will meet on the streets of gold.—L. David Harris (www.DavidWritesaLot.com)
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Thoughts in Worship
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Wednesday, October 19, 2016
“Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.” (Proverbs 23:19-21).
The United States is full of all-you-can-eat buffets and bars that serve half-priced drinks during happy hour. This, in part, is because our society has become so enamored by excess. In terms of popularity, these buffets are doing great business. If people exhibited more self control on a regular basis, such businesses would not exist. After all, who would patronize them? Perhaps buffets are good when people choose not to overeat from them. Certainly, nothing good comes from bars or drinking alcohol.
The Bible gives good counsel about gluttony and drunkenness. If we are prone to either of them, it leads to poverty. While there are practical implications, the spiritual are even more astounding. Look at the imagery. Gluttony and drunkenness leads to sluggish minds in the natural world. In spiritual life, if we become drunk with the wine of self-gratification, and become gluttonous with the meat of living for pleasure, our experience with God becomes sluggish. As we continue in those paths, the righteousness that God gives the faithful as a covering is exchanged for the filthy rags of self-righteousness.
Let us feast on the word of God and drink freely of the water of life. The Lord is willing to give us all that we need for nourishment, that we might share it with others. As we continue doing this, all with whom we come into contact will benefit from our experience, and will potentially gain an experience with God of their own to perpetuate the same blessing and one day we will meet on the streets of gold.—L. David Harris (www.DavidWritesaLot.com)
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Wednesday, October 19, 2016
“Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.” (Proverbs 23:19-21).
The United States is full of all-you-can-eat buffets and bars that serve half-priced drinks during happy hour. This, in part, is because our society has become so enamored by excess. In terms of popularity, these buffets are doing great business. If people exhibited more self control on a regular basis, such businesses would not exist. After all, who would patronize them? Perhaps buffets are good when people choose not to overeat from them. Certainly, nothing good comes from bars or drinking alcohol.
The Bible gives good counsel about gluttony and drunkenness. If we are prone to either of them, it leads to poverty. While there are practical implications, the spiritual are even more astounding. Look at the imagery. Gluttony and drunkenness leads to sluggish minds in the natural world. In spiritual life, if we become drunk with the wine of self-gratification, and become gluttonous with the meat of living for pleasure, our experience with God becomes sluggish. As we continue in those paths, the righteousness that God gives the faithful as a covering is exchanged for the filthy rags of self-righteousness.
Let us feast on the word of God and drink freely of the water of life. The Lord is willing to give us all that we need for nourishment, that we might share it with others. As we continue doing this, all with whom we come into contact will benefit from our experience, and will potentially gain an experience with God of their own to perpetuate the same blessing and one day we will meet on the streets of gold.—L. David Harris (www.DavidWritesaLot.com)