Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a
mocker, strong drink is raging:
and
whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Drinking
alcohol is a dangerous liberty. It is
almost like playing on train tracks.
Sure, they are fun and offer a lot of entertainment but if you are
lulled to a lack of awareness, a train could approach and take you out in an
instant. If you fell on the tracks and
were knocked out a train could overtake you and your life would be over
forever. Is it worth the risk for the
temporary enjoyment it may bring? Here
the Lord tells us that wine is a mocker.
It makes fun of us and puts us in situations in which we are often the
fool. Strong drink can intimidate us
like an angry rage-filled man. It can
begin to tell us what to do, what to say and keep us from being able to do that
which we want to do. We also learn in
this verse that wine and strong drink deceives many people. It is not wise to be deceived by the taste,
effect or social environment alcohol desires offers us. There are so many other choices for taste
that do not impair or affect our judgment.
Sister, don’t allow yourself to be mocked. Don’t let alcohol rage against you and
don’t be deceived. To be under the
influence of anything other than His Holy Spirit puts us all in a very
vulnerable place.
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