PROFITING FROM PROVERBS

“Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted” (Proverbs 31:5).

There are two things there in verse 5 that you need to see. Number one, when a King or a ruler or a leader or a father, or anybody that has authority drinks, they do two things; first, they forget the law. Now, that means that they rebel against God. They'll disobey god. They will forget the Law of God, what the Law really said. Do you know what the Law says? It says, “Thou shalt not covet.” It's easy for a man that is drunk to covet. The Law says, “Thou shalt not bear false witness.” It's easy for a man that's under the influence of liquor to tell a to tell a half truth or a lie. It says, “Thou shalt not steal,” it’s easy for a man to steal when he's drunk.

So first of all, when a man drinks he forgets the law of God; and secondly, he “perverts the judgment of any of the afflicted.” In other words, the first thing is he rebels against God; and secondly, he destroys his relationship to other people. Your relationship to God is damaged when you drink; and secondly, your relationship with people is damaged when you drink.

Nobody really, honestly, truthfully, loves a drunk. You feel sorry for them, you pity them, but you wish they weren't there. If you women have ever had a man that drank and was as mean as a bear when he came home, you understand that. If you have been around, or had a father or somebody in your family, that drank up all the food money; you didn't like it.

So, a drunk will destroy their relationship with God, and will destroy their relationship with men. They become so obsessed with themselves, and their own desire and their own wants that they could care less for God, and care even less for men. That's what drink will do to you.

Daily Bible study is necessary if we are going to begin our day with the right attitude and the right spiritual diet. Proverbs has 31 chapters, and most months have 31 days, so let's read a chapter of Proverbs a day and see what God might have for us. As the Lord leads, share with us what God has shown you in a special way and by His grace let us build up a devotional repository. Let's keep our knives and forks handy for some daily bread! Ideally, a chapter or two of Proverbs will fit in nicely with a good plan of reading our Bibles through each year.

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