Key Verse: Verse 8- “And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.”
As I study the Word of God, I find it’s a dangerous thing to turn on your family. For example, Cain turned on Abel and was cursed all the days of his life. Joseph’s brothers turned on Joseph and went through a horrible famine. Absalom turned on David and died hanging from an oak tree. In our text Miriam turns on Moses and as a result, she is smitten with leprosy.
The same can be said for those who turn on their spiritual family as well. Saul turned on David (as a result of sin) and battled with depression. Demas turned on Paul and went back into the world. No doubt he received the world’s reward. Judas turned on Jesus (and no, I don’t believe Judas was saved) and he went out and hung himself.
It just appears as though to me that turning on your family is a dangerous thing.
The evidence is convincing that the better our relationships are at home, the more effective we are in our careers. If we’re having difficulty with a loved one, that difficulty will be translated into reduced performance on the job. In studying the millionaires in America (“U.S. News and World Report”), a picture of a “typical” millionaire is an individual who has worked eight to ten hours a day for thirty years and is still married to his or her high school or college sweetheart. A New York executive search firm, in a study of 1,365 corporate vice-presidents, discovered that 87% were still married to their one and only spouse and that 92% were raised in two-parent families. The evidence is overwhelming that the family is the strength and foundation of society. Strengthen your family ties and you’ll enhance your opportunity to succeed.
What to do:
✞ Be a vessel to strengthen your family. Turning on your family is not a wise or safe thing to do.
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