Worship God - Drink your beer with a smile.
As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. - 1 Timothy 6:17
Paul drops this simple phrase at the end of this verse like a bomb on my feeble mind. Everything that God provides me with is for me to enjoy. I’m not suppose to trust in what God provides or to place my hopes on them but on God. But it is clear in this verse that God desires for us to enjoy His creation.
One of the earliest and first heresies that entered the church was the concept that everything physical is evil. They believed that Jesus couldn’t have been both man and God. He was either a spirit or just a man. Therefore a truely holy person would never enjoy anything of this earth. They would deny themselves and wouldn’t enjoy what God has clearly provided for us.
I see this still today. Whether said with words or actions, the mainstream Christian point of view is that it is wrong to enjoy creation. Someone is truely holy when they deny themselves of everything earthly and focus only on prayer and reading their Bible. But I would say that this is just a continuation of that early heresy.
I see scripture saying quite the opposite though. When God is done with creating, He says it’s very good. He tells His creation to eat of every tree (except on…but even it was considered good to the eye and edible). He rejoices in them taking pleasure in His creation.
One of the best ways that I see that I can glorify God with my beer drinking is by simply enjoying the beer that I’m drinking. I do so in a way that I don’t put any trust, hope, or faith in beer. But I enjoy my beer knowing that it came from my creator. I enjoy my beer knowing that God is the Brew Master.
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