Living soberly.
Rom 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me,
to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he
ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man
the measure of faith.
Tit_2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and
worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present
world
(Soberly-Adverb from
G4998; with sound mind, that is, moderately: - soberly.)
Yes, when we talk
about living soberly in this day and age we associate that with not drinking or
doing drugs. Living soberly is much more
than that. It's a way of life in all things. You can abuse many things that aren't
drugs or alcohol. You can abuse power, authority, dominance, humility- yes, you
can abuse being humble. You can twist anything and everything into something
warped if you aren't living your life for God through Jesus Christ and the
power of the Holy Spirit. The sweetest
person in existence if sweet to their own glory is not living soberly, but for
self exaltation. Even the private glory is found out by God, He knows the
hearts. Our hearts must be God's. We are
NOT perfect! We struggle, we ARE AT WAR!
We are SOLDIERS in a WAR! And any soldier of a physical war will tell
you just how awful war can be. In war there are wounded soldiers, and there are
fallen soldiers, there are deserters, there are heroes, there are those who do
their duty to no fanfare and get by unscathed. We know in this spiritual war we
are in grave spiritual danger all the time. We CANNOT hide from this enemy! We
CANNOT run from this enemy! We CANNOT sit on the sidelines! We may be
deserters, but we are still in the war, and deserting only lets our enemy win
us.
We WILL be wounded
in this war, there is no escaping that. This is HAND to HAND spiritual combat.
Yes, they are spiritual hands and we fight the spiritual fight, but it is REAL
if not corporeal.
More tomorrow on
this, by the grace of our LORD and SAVIOR, Jesus Christ, now and forever!
Amen.
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