Think 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. 

Think soberly.

Tit 2:12  Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world

Live soberly.

1Th 5:6  Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

Be sober.

1Th 5:8  But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. 

1Pe 1:13  Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ

1Pe 4:7  But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 

1Pe 5:8  Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour

Sober

SO'BER, a. [L. sobrius.]

1. Temperate in the use of spiritous liquors; habitually temperate; as a sober man.

2. Not intoxicated or overpowered by spiritous liquors; not drunken.

3. Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary or heated with passion; having the regular exercise of cool dispassionate reason.

4. Regular; calm; not under the influence of passion; as sober judgment; a man in his sober senses.

5. Serious; solemn; grave; as the sober livery of autumn.

We are to live our lives in Christ, for Christ. We forget this so easily. We are prone to living for ourselves at any given moment. Is it any wonder that we are told more than once to live and to be sober. This isn't telling us to not drink- how can this simply be about drinking when we are told to think soberly. We are not to be overly impassioned in our day to day lives. Truly our judgment and senses are to be sober, regular, calm. 

If we are living soberly we aren't seeking to be over excited by life, we aren't seeking emotional highs, we are not using our feelings as a gauge for our lives. Feelings truly do fluctuate in our lives all the time. So much can cause us to feel emotional from one moment to the next. Illness can depress us, a change in seasons can upset us emotionally, the chemicals in our brains will alter due to hormones and such all the time making us feel things we might not feel were they all on an even keel. If we take hold of our feelings and let them guide us through our lives we are in for a very rocky existence.

We are told to live soberly- we need to recognize that no matter what our feelings are doing to us, no matter the emotional rollercoaster our life is based upon, we have to have our feet grounded on the Rock- on Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior.

If our lives around us is falling totally apart, and believe me this happens as you probably know very well, we must look to Christ as our strength, not to ourselves. We have to LEARN that we are not to rely upon ourselves, but on CHRIST, and CHRIST in us, our HOPE.

Col_1:27  To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory

Col_3:3  For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

This is TRUTH!