Date: Monday, 5th February, 2024
Text: 1 Peter 5:8
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
One of the reasons a child of God must abstain from alcoholic drinks is that it creates a conducive atmosphere for sin, especially fornication and adultery. Lot committed incest with and even impregnated his two daughters under the influence of wine and he didn’t realize it until it was too late-Genesis 19:30-38.
Noah’s drunkenness led to the exposure of his nakedness and the curse of his youngest son, Ham- Genesis 9:18-25.
The word of God says, “Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.” Proverbs 31:6-7
Alcohol is also referred to as ‘spirit’. What kind of spirit? It is an intoxicating demon that makes it impossible to be sober and vigilant. 1 Peter 5:8. They say, ‘Don’t drink and drive,’ because driving requires a high level of concentration and vigilance. But vigilance is not only required by drivers because the devil does not target only drivers but every living soul.
1 Peter 5:8 says, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.”
Avoid staying in lonely places with the opposite sex. This was why Joseph fled away from Portiphar’s wife because the woman was desperately pressurizing him for sexual intimacy. If he had stayed back to negotiate, the unexpected might have happened. 1 Corinthians 6:18 says, “flee fornication,” don’t stay back to negotiate.
Reflective Nugget: Do you desire to be holy? Be sober and vigilant.