We all think of alcohol or drugs when we think intoxication. The dictionary defines it like this:
Intoxication
- inebriation; drunkenness.
- an act or instance of intoxicating.
- overpowering exhilaration or excitement of the mind or emotions.
The world can be intoxicating and interesting.
We become so intoxicated with the world that we allow (yes I said allow) our carnal indulgent self to seek satisfaction and validation in the world and of the world and before long the enemy has crept in and we are no longer sober minded but fully intoxicated by the world. We are so completely caught up in it that sometimes we do not even realize that we left our first love.
We don't realize the beauty of becoming intoxicated with Christ and his love. We are blinded by the world and cannot see what we are missing until we are at a low point and then bam ..... we see it and we see our brokenness and our failures.
Overpowering, exhilaration, excitement of the mind and emotions with the world, and the things in the world of the world and worldly things.
Self control comes from a greek word that means sound mind or even the same as brakes on a car.
Self control is a virtue that with God's help we can accomplish and live with it.
I said with His help because you must study, pray and stay in His word to achieve this and in this you are being watchful. Watchful of your actions, watchful for HIM in your life, to come on the scene and sustain you. Watchful for the enemy and ready to send him away.
So I want to ask you today to become so intoxicated with Christ that you put on the whole armor of God. You are watchful and in control with dignity, poise and an inner peace that no one can take away.
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare. Luke 21:34
Life is short, find peace, Find Christ.....
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