One More Round
September 30, 2024
DAILY PROVERB:
Proverbs 23:33-35
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:
Have you ever seen drunk people? I have, and lots of them. I wasn’t always a pastor. Before I was saved, I worked as a bouncer at a local nightclub. Nightly, it was my job to remove people who caused problems in the lounge. Why would they need a person like me for that job? Why did they pay good money to have me stand around trying to intimidate people into behaving and then, when they acted up, tossing them out? Why? Well, it’s because drunken people have a tendency to cause problems.
Think about it: a person enters a business, pays good money for something that will make them unable to walk and behave properly. Then the business takes that person’s money and pays someone else to remove them because they are acting that way. Why not just open the door, hand the bouncer twenty bucks, and leave? Skip the middleman and save yourself a headache in the morning.
Today’s scripture, written hundreds of years ago, paints a picture of a drunkard today. Nothing has changed. Intoxicated people chase the opposite gender, often while in a committed relationship. They are found passed out in some of the strangest places. They wake up from their inebriated condition and ask, “What happened to me?” They say foolish things to the wrong people, get beaten senseless, and then wonder, “Why would anyone pick on me?” What is their answer to all their problems? Yup, it’s another drink. They think drinking is the only thing that will help them forget all their woes.
Is there real help? Yes! His name is Jesus, and He is waiting right now to help you out of Satan’s alcohol trap.
THE WORD WALKING IN ME:
Many people trapped in the alcohol maze have forsaken the real answer to all their problems: Jesus. However, many have also turned to Him and witnessed Him create a brand-new life in them. The only real way out of the bottle is up.
Have you fallen for one of the Devils favorite traps?
IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:
Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and todays Devotion?
Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?
What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?
GOD TALKING TO ME: September 30, 2024
THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH A DAILY PROVERBS
Matthew 10 – Matthew 12
Proverbs 23:33 – 35
THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Song of So. 1-3
Gal. 5
“Getting people into the Word of God…
…and the Word of God into people.”
Romans 10:17
Dr. Franklin J. Senters Th.D.
Founder and Executive Director
Hebrews 2:12
Author: admin
Author of LIHW Daily Devotions, and President of Living In His Word Ministries.
