Environment

Environment 

"The next morning the older said to the younger, "Last night I slept with my father. Tonight, it's your turn. We'll get him drunk again and then you sleep with him. We'll both get a child through our father and keep our family alive." (Gen.19.34) 

There are so much debate about nature and nurture, about innate and acquired or learned abilities and whether leaders are born or made. We've not seen the last of it yet. But If you've lived long enough, you'd probably agree that both side of the divide  have some merits. 

I wonder under what environment these girls were raised-in, that made it okay for them to think-up such thoughts. Lot lived in Sodom where, to practice such atrocities, made it okay to want to rape angels in broad day light. The Bible say all the men of the city wanted to sleep with the visiting angels. 

"Before they went to bed men from all over the city of Sodom, young and old, descended on the house from all sides and boxed them in."(Gen.19.4) 

It may be true that we may not be able to shield our children from the world around us, but we can create an environment, a culture within them that makes it difficult, if not impossible for the world around them to sip in. 

Moses showed us how:

"Write these commandments that I've given you today on your hearts. Get them inside of you and then get them inside your children. Talk about them wherever you are, sitting at home or walking in the street; talk about them from the time you get up in the morning to when you fall into bed at night. Tie them on your hands and foreheads as a reminder; inscribe them on the doorposts of your homes and on your city gates.;;inscribe them on the doorposts of your homes and on your city gates"(Deut.6.6 -9) 

Get the word of God inside you and inside your children, talk about them all the time - when you walk the street, sitting at home, every time, all the time. The Psalmist supports this. 

"Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. (Ps.119.9) 

Inculcate the word of God and cultivate the right environment for you and your children to grow in. 

Good day,
Have a great day today, 
Emmanuel Okoro, 
(aka Mr. Lift)

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