Everybody, Get Drunk!
I know that there are many Wisconsonians reading this blog today and saying, “YES. Finally an article title I can get excited about”! I want to keep that excitement and channel it.. bear with me.
There was a big football game over at Lambeau field a couple weeks back. Some of you may have seen it on TV? “NFC Championship Game” or something like that… the outcome wasn’t reasonable, but anyhow, at this game it was wind chill down to -15, -20 or so. I watched the game, and I saw people in the stands taking off their coats, their shirts, and their t-shirts and dancing around half-naked in that weather? What on earth makes a person able to do that!?
One word: Drunkenness. Being drunk enables us to do things that we could not otherwise have done. Some would argue that this actually removes good mental barriers and lets us to “stupid” stuff, but the fact remains that you do things drunk that you would not otherwise have done.
So what’s my point? Well, the analogy is, if we want to do things in our Christian life that we cannot normally do, we have to become drunk with the Spirit! In that state, we will be able to do things that we would not normally be able to do. Now I am not – necessarily – advocating that you should immediately get yourself to a charismatic church, but I suggest that we each pray the power of the Holy Spirit into our lives on a regular basis. It will change what we can do for others and what kingdom work God can accomplish here through us. Ask God to empower you in His Spirit, and you will begin to forcefully advance His kingdom here on earth.
That is all. As you were.
References: Ephesians 5:18 Matthew 11:12
