WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR FOCUS AND PURPOSE?
GEN 9:20-21 And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard. Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent.
Noah was a righteous man, a man who found favour in the sight of the Lord, a man who preached faithfully the righteousness and the wrath of God. The man who listened to the voice of the Lord and obeyed completely. A man who was sold out for the cause of God’s purposes. A man who had brought up his family in the ways of the Lord.
This man Noah had made some mistakes in his life, the consequences of which are felt even today.
1 DRANK WINE.
One of the wicked lifestyle before the flood was drinking (Matthew 24:38). Noah had seen the ill effects of drinking, but have started to do what led people away from God. Lost the zeal and passion for the things of the Lord and was pursuing pleasures of this world.
When one does not live for divine purposes, they slowly tend to get involved in aimless pursuit, which would often end in destruction and depression.
2.CURSED HIS CHILDREN:
Ham saw his father lying in the tent intoxicated and naked. In stead of apologizing for getting drunk, he misused his spiritual authority to curse his son. Many a times parents do not accept their mistakes and change their ways, rather try to justify or hide their mistakes and short comings which negatively impacts the children.
Ham was the forefather of Canaan, and the people living in Canaan became enemies of the Israelites many centuries down the line in human history.
- DID NOT TEACH HIS CHILDREN TO LISTEN TO GOD’S VOICE AND OBEY GOD.
If all the three children of Noah and their children’s children would have been taught the ways of the Lord, how beautiful it could have been.
If Noah would have taught his children to listen to and obey the Lord, how blessed it would have been. Noah’s failure has a long lasting effect.
Even we as parents and leaders if we fail to teach, lead and guide our children, the future may be bleak, but if we would train up our children in the ways of the Lord, even the generations to come will follow the paths of the Lord.
Deuteronomy 23:14 NKJV
For the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and give your enemies over to you; therefore your camp shall be holy, that He may see no unclean thing among you, and turn away from you. Glory to God
SOL.ARUN, AOJ