Mamas don’t let your babies grow up to be hoodlums. Well, that’s not exactly how the song goes, but all parents hope their children choose their friends wisely. Others pray over their kids, asking the Lord to bless each with godly influences. Unfortunately, many youth fall prey to the trap, “just because I hang around them doesn’t mean I will act like them.”
Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” – 1 Corinthians 15:33
This concept is nothing new as the Psalmist describes the subtle metamorphosis an individual goes through in Psalm 1:1.
1) Young people choose to walk with a group of people, searching for acceptance in a friend, gang or posse.
2) Over time, youth begin to share similar beliefs, gradually standing for the same issues and things.
3) Finally, before they realize it, evil rubs off as teenagers join in the same behavior of their crew.
Subsequently, the curse of the worst reaches even godly souls, causing attitudes, hearts and words to go down hill.
Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.- Psalm 135:18
Even good intentions can’t escape the spiritual principle known as “you reap what you sow,” Galatians 6:7. The only way to break the grips of this curse is through a spiritual infusion of the Word, Romans 10:17. A little dose won’t do. Rather, wayward souls need to soak their hearts and minds in the Bible, Romans 12:1-2. Developing this spiritual act of worship will reverse the curse of the worst, setting the lost free from the bondage of sin. May the prayers of parents revive their children to walk in the ways of the Lord, 1 John 2:6.
by Jay Mankus
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