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Memorise: Thou shalt not steal. Exodus 20:15
Read: Genesis 49:3-4, Bible in one year: Ezra 8:24-10:44,
John 6:25-51
in the wilderness, which is still very relevant to us today, is
the commandment not to steal (Exodus 20:15). Stealing can
occur physically, in the realm of the soul and spiritually.
Physical stealing can further be classified as stealing from
man and stealing from God (Malachi 3:8). To steal is to take
another person’s property without their consent or
approval, particularly with the intention of not returning it.
As a growing child, teenager or youth, if you take your
parent’s money without their consent, you are a thief. Some
youths will say “Whatever belongs to my father belongs to
me. I shall be free to take any of his things whenever I like.”
No sir! Your parents have plans for all that they have. Taking
their things without their approval can destabilise some of
those plans. It can also inflict pain, sorrow and untold
hardship on your parents. A child who is well brought up will
ask his or her parents for what they want and give them the
opportunity to approve or deny the request. The right rule
to live by is: anything your parents are not ready to give you
must not be taken. If you take it, you are a thief and not
better than any robber out there.
Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, slept with Bilhah his father’s
concubine on his father’s bed (Genesis 35:22). According to
their tradition, after his father’s death, he could have
inherited her as the firstborn, but he could not wait for his
time. Jacob kept quite about this when he heard it. Reuben
did not realise that Jacob knew and he did not restitute.
Eventually, when it was time to receive the generational
blessing, Reuben was cursed and his destiny was thwarted
(Genesis 49:3-4). A curse awaits children who steal from
their parents. Zechariah 5:3 says:
“Then said he unto me, this is the curse that goeth forth
over the face of the whole earth: for every one that
stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it,
and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that
side according to it.”
Even the prodigal son knew well enough to ask for his share
of his father’s property before spending it (Luke 15:12).
Today some children either neglect their parents or fast-
track their death so that they can have faster access to their
wealth. Doing such is murder and robbery! No doubt, the
blessing will surely turn into a curse. Children, as long as
you live with your parents, totally submit to them like Jesus
did. Never take anything that belongs to them without their
willing consent. Also, do not threaten them to accede your
request.
ACTION POINT :
Return all that you have taken without the consent of
the rightful owners from today.
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