I believe that many people are sacrificing their families because of selfishness, greed, or just twisted priorities. We even convince ourselves that what we are doing is for the family, while all the while the family is being torn apart. And do you know what? Sadly, this is nothing new.Back in biblical times, some people worshipped a false god named Molech or Moloch. This was a Semitic deity who was honored by the sacrifice of children, in which parents would cause their children to pass through or into the fire. People would let their infants burn at Molech's altar. It was thought that the sacrifice of one's child in this way would prove the family's devotion to Molech and guarantee success and prosperity for the family's future. People selfishly murdered their children under the guise of a future "greater good." Jeremiah 32:35, "And they built the high places of Ba'al, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin."
Today people do not lay their children before a false god on a burning altar of fire, but many people sacrifice their family in other ways. People get so wrapped up in trying to prove something to some company or get ahead and make money and climb the ladder of success that their family gets burned because of it. We have children becoming sexually active younger and younger because they are looking for love they are not getting at home. We have children joining gangs because that is the closest thing they can find that resembles a "family." You have kids with too much time on their hands delving into the occult because no parent was there to teach them about Jesus Christ. You have wives or husbands committing adultery because they spend more time with their coworkers than with their spouse.
Stop being so busy with the things of this world. Don't believe the world's lie that you are not successful unless you have X, Y & Z. Make God number one and your family number two on your list of what is important to you and then live your life accordingly.
Matthew 5:19-21, "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through and steal: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
You have to set your priorities and make your family the most important thing in your life. Sacrifice your career, not your kids.
3 comments:
It is very true that most parents prioritize their career than spending time with their kids. Success in family is not in wealth but in the peace and love that abound at home. Lots of parents who confide about their kids being not home all the time, drinking with friends, and no time for the family, never realized that they are the one who don't have time for the kids, they are so occupied with their material dreams for their kids and not so concerns about their moral values and spirituality. They don't have time to sit together around the dining table and it sounds so radical when they say that they can do what they want since they have their own lives. That is totally wrong...you are a parent and no matter how much they've grown over the years, you are always their parents, and yours is the responsibility to guide and counsel them.
Those happy homes that I see are places where family's hearts are knit together. Parents can't blame the failure of their kids because it's not a sole responsibility of the individual or society-the one who have a big part in that responsibility is the parents.
Lots of parents may justify that it is their child's choices but haven't make a second thought that it is because they were never there to help their kids make the right choices. If they have taught them while they were young the consequences of right and wrong choice, chances are their kids could have made a better choice.
Let's do our responsibility for our kids and let them know that more than ever you are there who cares.
I was reading your About Me section and it brought some interesting thoughts to mind. Do you know the number one reason we have been killing each other through recorded time? I am an Ordained Minister and even I had to admit this. The answer is GOD! Not one GOD but all of the believed in deity's through history. We are seeing a big picture right now within the Muslim culture where they say the infidel must be cleansed. The Koran preaches just the opposite but interpretation is where GOD, Allah, Buddah, etc, all get distorted by people. So long as these people have a say you will never have a unified, singular religious sect for all. When the dust clears from Crusades, Jihads, cleansings, Holocausts, etc who knows what will be left. We can live and be well with today and plan well for tomorrow.
Very deep... I could tell from the title alone that this would be an interesting post. I think that as people we all need to find a balance between home and work. I believe that if we raise our children right at home that we as parents are able to go outside of the home to help provide for the household. However, IF we see that our activities out of the home are taking away from the family then we would need to rethink our planning.
continue to cry loud and spare not!
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