Walking away from God

June 27, 2007

We would never be like the people of Judah and Israel, would we? I mean, they had to be reprimanded by God all the time. The prophets, like Jeremiah would come and say:

Jer 2:5 GW
(5) This is what the LORD says: What did your ancestors find wrong with me that they went so far away from me? They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves.

Realize of course, that today's person is the ancestor of a person 20 or 30 years down the road (or even more). You do realize that there are eyes watching you all the time. Young children, even those who may not be your own, watch what you do on a day to day basis. What do those young people see. Do they see a person who worships God? Do they see someone that cheats on taxes? How about cursing?

We need to realize that it was not the big things that caused Israel to fall to idolatry. In fact it was not following the little things that God told them to do on a day by day basis. They had been told not to marry people that were not of Israel or they would start to follow their gods. Solomon married many foreign wives, thinking he could resist. In the end, the man who was given riches and wisdom by God had the kingdom torn from his son's hands. He could not resist following their gods and they led him away from the real one. And the children saw this and they walked away as well.

So what are you doing to keep the next generation following God (or are you leading them away from Him)?