A lesson taught to King Lemuel of Massa by his mother, this proverb speaks to the importance of sobriety for the leader. I imagine her saying, "Son, I know all the other boys are chasing girls and getting drunk, but you're a young king in the making. You're above all that. You will find pleasure in ways that they won't-- you'll have pleasures you won't need to escape. Let them escape, because they'll have no pleasure."
How can we design and live our lives in such a way that we wouldn't want to escape either?
Readings: Zechariah 12:1-13:9; Revelation 19:1-21; Psalm 147:1-20; Proverbs 31:1-7
