Our
youth are in real danger, I mean in grave danger of being unfruitful and
barren. To understand my lamentation, I urge you to read the article given at
the end of this article. The world today has dictated its conditions and
deceived youth into believing that there is nothing more important in life than
hard work and acquiring wealth. Everyone seems to have the Midas touch (Refer
note below). However, youth seem to be waking up to the reality that they are
becoming more like Tantalus (Refer note below).
Today, governments are paying youth to build their family encouraging them to have children. Countries are having abandoned houses in villages with no legal heirs to claim or care for them. It's a glaring reality that the concept of simple family life was long lost in generations much earlier. For example, Japan's third of its population is above 60 years, while its youth make up only a fifth. The need for money and material status has replaced the very fruit of our existence - to be fruitful and replenish the Earth.
The Bible says, "Lust for money brings trouble and nothing but trouble. Going down that path, some lose their footing in the faith completely and live to regret it bitterly ever after.". Children spend their entire life studying hard to get into prestigious colleges and carve out an envious career for themselves but at the end they fail to realise that they forgotten the basics of life, i.e., to build families. Do we even realise why we were even created? Why should God provide us with all the amazing human faculties? Is it to live like zombies and to write off our souls to slog it out for a mere human business venture? Where have we all gone wrong in our rationalization?
If you have been totally misled, allow me to realign the thought process before we hurtle headlong towards disaster. Our primary duty is to know the true living God and have a meaningful relationship with Him and secondary is to build a Godly family that carries the very same legacy of living in the fear of God and having a meaningful relationship with Him. Even King Solomon who was the wealthiest and wisest king who ever lived on Earth came to this final conclusion, "...The last and final word is this: Fear God. Do what he tells you." If we have to take King Solomon's advice seriously, it's good to ask ourselves, will our Heavenly Creator ever would want us to live like slaves having unfruitfulness and barrenness in life? God's aim for our life is to be fruitful and multiply. What God had on mind when He meant fruitful was not earning money and increasing material possessions, "But he’s already made it plain how to live, what to do, what God is looking for in men and women. It’s quite simple: Do what is fair and just to your neighbor, be compassionate and loyal in your love, And don’t take yourself too seriously— take God seriously.".
References:
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/28/economy/china-japan-korea-youth-intl-dst-hnk/index.html
The
most famous King Midas is popularly remembered in Greek mythology for
his ability to turn everything he touched into gold. This came to be called the golden touch, or
the Midas touch.
Tantalus is a figure from Greek mythology who was the rich but wicked king of Sipylus was made to stand in a pool of water but never able to drink from it and quench his insatiable thirst as it drains whenever he bends down to drink. As an added frustration, he was positioned below a tree but can never quite grasp the succulent fruit that hangs from its boughs.
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