Party Animals

 

Good day! I’m Duane Matz and this is Today’s Living Word.

 

Job 1: 4 And his sons would go and feast in their houses, each on his appointed day, and would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

 5 So it was, when the days of feasting had run their course, that Job would send and sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to  the number of them all. For Job said, "It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." Thus Job did regularly.

 

Job had seven sons and 3 daughters and I take it they were party animals! They loved their feasts. Some commentators believe these feasts were connected to their birthdays, and that is certainly possible, but I think almost any occasion would be an excuse for them to party. Take it from a former party animal , (Yours truly) I would have fit in rather well with Job’s kids.

 

I can even picture us playing a few games of bags using wine sacks till the wee hours of the morning.

 

Drunkenness is a sin, and the unrepentant  drunkard is one of those listed among  those who will not inherit the kingdom of God!

 

Co 6:10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

 

But you don’t have to be caught up in these sins!  Jesus died for that sin and He is able to deliver you from it! I know! I was that sinner!

 

  Look at the next verse and let the Holy Spirit speak it to your heart.11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

  Job’s kids were grown up and living on their own, but Job didn’t stop praying for them!

 

Who knows what kind of words come out of the mouth of someone who has too much to drink, why they may even curse God and so Job prayed for their sanctification

 

 

Are you like one of Job’s sons or daughters. Looking for any excuse to get drunk? Do you relish your hangovers? Your OWI’s? Do you really think your life should be spent that way?

 

Speaking as one who has been there, I would urge you to give your life to Jesus, He is able to turn your messed up life into a message of hope, joy, and peace for a world that needs to see it!

 

’m Duane Matz and that’s Today’s Living Word