Friday; July 12

The older I get the more frustrating it can be.  Come on, why doesn’t everyone know what I know?  I mean how difficult can it be – I am not the brightest bulb in the box and if I know what is right and wrong, why shouldn’t everyone know it!
Okay, hopefully you are still with me after that rant – I hope so because I now want to explain my point.  Have we ever looked around us and wondered why people don’t get it?  Why don’t they know that something is in conflict with God’s Word?  How can they not see that what they are doing is socially (or morally) unacceptable?  Well, maybe the reason is that no one has taken the time to teach them.  I was raised by caring parents.  I grew up in churches that were proactive in training in righteousness.  I have been a part of communities that wanted me to be successful, so they helped me to establish appropriate perimeters to help me reach my potential.  However, not everyone was blessed with my background or my opportunities.  It may not be that people don’t care about acceptable behavior, maybe it’s that they just don’t know what it looks like. 
The other day I was thinking about a New Testament Scripture that challenged, “How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher?” (Romans 10:14).  While the primary application to this verse has to do with preaching the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, it got me to thinking that the same concept can apply to so many of life lessons.  Can we expect people to know what is right without teaching them?  Oh, and by the way, this is not just a one-and-done concept, it is something that must be carried out with each new generation.  We can’t count on the world to teach the basics of goodness, we must accept the calling!
Are we frustrated with the world around us?  Are we teaching them to know and do better?  If not, how will they know? 
          Think About It!

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