Abraham: Faith under siege | Diet 9

 Faith raises a son to believe

Abraham stayed close to Isaac. We have no record of him permitting the boy to visit Lot and his family in the glamorous city of Sodom, not one time. He did not feel that his son had to climb the social ladder in Sodom. If he had gone down there he would  probably have married one of Lot's daughters. Raising a son with the right people, that is faith.

 Isaac stood by the altars of Abraham and watched God move in his father's life and said, "That's the religion I want, just like daddy's." Most of us never identify faith when it comes to raising a family. I am sure it is a great part of training any family. It will not work in the pulpit if it does not work at your house. Lots of people only want pulpit faith, but God is looking at your bedroom; He knows all about what is going on behind closed doors. Abraham did not send Isaac to the learned, liberated university of Sodom. He did not study chemistry in the classes of Gomorrah where he would have learned the intrigue and social prestige of making love to a man rather than a woman. 

God said of Abraham in Genesis 18:19, "I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD to do justice and judgment that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him." Don't you want God to bring upon you the things He has spoken of? If Abraham had not lived right, God could not have done it for him.

You have to align yourself to the promises God has said concerning you. Never compare your journey with others. Your life journey is unique, your home is unique as well. You cannot listen to the neighbors or relatives on the way to raise your children. God gave them to you and you are responsible that those children live right. You teach them to obey from the very beginning and let God work it out accordingly as He has spoken.

Author: Lester Sumrall 

Compiled and edited by: Peter O. Olutoyese