“and in the wilderness where you saw how the LORD your God
carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you
went until you came to this place.”
Deuteronomy 1:31
In God’s design, a man carries his son, not the other way around. A man is not only financially responsible, but also spiritually as well. It begins with the natural and then goes to the spiritual. The Bible says, “What man among you will give his son a stone when he ask for bread or a serpent when he ask for a fish?”[1] As we see a man is the provider of his family not a liability to his family. No man is to be a weight around his family’s neck. The apostle Paul wrote, “If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.”[2] A man is to carry his own weight and if he has any dependents he should be taking care of them as well. Just as there is an epidemic of fornication, this has led to an epidemic in “deadbeat” dads. There is a reason they are called dependents, they are depending on you! At no time in the history of the world has there been this level of irresponsibility towards children. The main people who are supposed to be protecting them are the ones exploiting them. How that must feel to be cast off by the ones you rely on. Have we become so selfish and sinful that the cries of very own children fall on deaf ears? I pray that we have not.
“For the children ought not to lay up for the
parents, but the parents for the children.”
2 Corinthians 12:14
For the sake of our people, we as men should begin to resist the flesh. It is not about the women, it is about us men as the head of the women. It is about our being able to resist sin against God. In the Bible, there is the story of Joseph and the wife of an Egyptian officer in whose home he was living in and working. The wife attempted to seduce Joseph repeatedly to no avail. Imagine the constant temptation he was under, but he remained faithful to his God.
“There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back
anything from me, but you, because you are his wife. How can I do
this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
Genesis 39:9,23
Just as Joseph refused to defile himself with another man’s wife, so we should no longer continue to defile ourselves with fornication and adultery. For many believe that there is no price to pay for fornication, but I believe that if they take a closer look at their lives they will see broken dreams, broken promises, and broken lives. There must be a revival among us as men if we are to overcome this epidemic. Instead of teaching our sons to be pimps and players, we should be teaching them to be followers of God. We should stop expecting others to do what we ourselves should be doing. We as men have to lead for a change; we should sacrifice ourselves for the future. We have been selfish and spoiled for too long. We should begin to stress purification of not only our young women but our young men as well. Let us put the focus on education and spiritual growth over the sinfulness that has led our people to this place where we are today. We are up to our elbows in the fruits of sin, the fruits of fornication.
Because of his faithfulness, God was with Joseph and made him successful in everything he did. Faithfulness to God has more than an eternal reward it also provides earthly rewards. The success of our people as well as our individual success depends on our faithfulness to God. We should learn that until we overcome our sinful nature and selfish desires we will not be successful. Sounds like a simple thing, but experience has shown us that this is no easy order. Sin is a very formidable opponent it is cunning and powerful. It does not give up easily. We should understand that sin is more than what we do it is everything we are. It is what I think, what I desire, and what I think is right or wrong. Sin is such a deep and intricate part of what we are we cannot overcome it alone. Only through the power of Christ which dwells within us are we given the power to do this. It is only when we surrender and submit to God that we win and overcome this sinful nature.
I write these words from the love of my heart. I pray that enough of us will step up as men and heed the call of God to resurrect this people. Surely, there is enough of a remnant of God’s people to begin this monumental and long journey back to God and His righteousness.
“O, that they had such a heart in them that they would
fear me and always keep all my commandments,
that it might be well with them and with their children.”
Deuteronomy 5:29
I pray that God may give us a heart to fear Him once again, to follow His commandments. The Bible says if we do that, it will be good for both our children and ourselves. All good men of faith should come together to end this cycle of sin, to begin the process of rebuilding this people. It is no longer about how we got here but; what are we going to do to get out of here. Are we going to continue to point fingers at one another or are we going to lead this stiff-necked people back to God? The time for delay is over. If we do not come together and seek God, most of our men will either be dead or locked up. Most of our young women will be alone and pregnant or alone with a house full of babies.
“But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe
in me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone
were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in
the depths of the sea.”
Matthew 18:6
Do you not think that God will hold you accountable for leading His children astray? You may think that you are bulletproof, but God has something for you. People think they can sin without consequences. One of the first results of the “fall” in the Garden of Eden was guilt. They hid themselves from God. Do you think you will be any less guilty today? It is bad enough when you sin yourself but when you cause others to fall for your own selfish pleasures, there will be a price to pay. You get credit for those sins as well. Therefore, when you are running your little game and leading those young women astray know that God is watching. The pleasures of sin do not last long.
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