Proverbs 26:9 (ESV)
Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
A drunkard state is celebrated by our society. At least it would seem. The Friday and/or Saturday night party is as common as the common cold. The majority of people can't wait to relax with a drink in their hands. Whereas the majority don't get drunk, they laugh and enjoy the one who does. There is nothing as funny as a drunk man who gets up on a picnic table to make fun of himself ... and others. The drunkard doesn't always realize he is funny. They often don’t know what is happening with them. And, like a drunk man or woman who doesn't realize what is happening to them, so too a fool who is quoting a proverb; or, has the proverb at their very lips. A drunkard could get a thorn stuck in his/her hand and not even know it. They don't know the pain or the problem. How many stories are told by people who wake up and don't remember the pain they caused or had inflicted to them because they were so drunk the night before? So, too, someone who denies the power of an awesome God, or does not fear God, or says there is no God. That person is a fool and you can give him/her point blank truth and they will not realize what they have. They won't realize the pain that they are denying as they deny a truth right on their lips. They don't see that they are in deep trouble for rejecting God and His truth. They only are high on their own thoughts and drunk with their own rational. Don't be a fool: Everyone is getting drunk on something when they are drinking in the Water of the Word.
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