MORNING MANNA 6-19-21
FAMILY
“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”– 1 Tim.5:8
Once highly touted as the building block of society the family institution has morphed into something considered unnecessary and undefinable. No one seems to know what family means and even fewer care. To them it is an antiquated institution of no importance today.
Considering all the glowing things said about it in previous generations you can’t help but wonder what in the world happened? How could something so highly regarded be reduced to a pile of rubble so quickly? Was no one resisting the changes? Evidently not enough. And now as we see it in its present state few seem concerned. When it’s mentioned they just shrug their shoulders as if to say, “Who cares?’
So this is where we are and there doesn’t seem to be any quick fix in sight – especially when we are witnessing the demise of churches. Rather than being salt and light to the world the church has been absorbed into the world system. That which the Bible describes as “the pillar and ground of the truth” has become a place of confusion and compromise. The world has more disdain for the church than it does for the family. So it’s not likely that it will lend a listening ear.
Sadly there is no quick fix for something so far gone. The best we can do is to take care of our little corner of the world. We don’t have the platform nor the power to produce a world such as it should be. We are mired down in a mess that is worse than we can fix. The world is so confused that it doesn’t know one gender from another, murders babies, and — the list goes on and on. Until the Lord comes and makes all things right we’ll have to live with things that are wrong. Let us then each one bear witness to the world by living as we should even when they won’t do the same. We can’t win the world , but we can win someone. So, rather than focusing on what the world should be doing let’s focus on what we should do. As our text shows, not doing so is a very serious sin. – HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
