Psalm 119:130 “The entrance of Thy Words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple”
DAILY READING – Galatians 5:1-15; Lamentations 5; Psalm 147
There has been stories of humans brought up by wild animals. One of these is that of Marcos Rodriguez who was found in the company of wolves in 1965 in Madrid, Spain, by the Civil Guard. Marcos who was 19 years at the time, had lived eleven years in complete isolation from human beings.
Marcos who was born in Añora Spain, was only three years old when his mother died during childbirth. After his father remarried, his step mother subjected him to cruel abuse and in 1954, when Marcos was aged seven, his father delivered him to serve an aged goatherd who lived in the forest. However the old goatherd died soon afterwards. Afraid to return to his cruel step mother, Marcos decided to continue to live alone in the forest. He lived among animals for 11 years in complete isolation from human beings before he was found by the Civil Guards. The Civil Guard removed him from the forest by force, bound and gagged, as he howled and bit like a wolf.
After the government identified his family, Marcos refused to return back to his father. He was later helped by some nuns and a priest, who taught him, again, the use of speech, how to dress, walk upright, and eat with cutlery until he could be reintroduced into human society. It took a while for Marcos to adapt to living again as a human being. He did serve in the military and eventually took up a regular job, but it has been hard to shake off the desire to be with animals. And very recently in 2018, in an interview with some major News tabloids, Marcos was quoted as saying he had been disappointed with human behavior and would have preferred to return back to living in the jungle among the animals.
We can take a lesson from the story of Marcos and realize that the company we keep ultimately affects our behavior. This is why as believers we have to be especially careful about the environment and people we are constantly exposed to. No communication ever leaves us the same and evil communication eventually corrupts good manners. Whether we like it or not, somehow the character of the people we constantly interact with rub off on us and shape our thoughts and actions.
Today, spiritually, the world is like a wilderness with all manner of beastly behaviors going on right now. It is a place where sin is celebrated and many wild characters have become the norm. And if we are not careful, through constant exposure, we could find ourselves beginning to accept as normal some of these animalistic tendencies. Being constantly exposed to the wrong behaviors on Television, social media or even in people around us, can negatively affect us.
We have to always remind ourselves that though we are in the world we are not of the world. This is why we have to constantly renew our minds through the Word of God. When we keep company with God through fellowship in His Word, His divine nature will be imparted into us, causing us to live as sons of God in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation.
The hiding of God’s Word in our heart is what insulates us from the sin in the world. The entrance of His Word gives us the light we need to shine as sons of light in the midst of the darkness. Indeed when His Word dominates our heart, our lives will become beacons of light drawing men out of the darkness, to embrace Christ.
PRAYER: Lord, please enable me to meditate constantly on Your Word so that my mind can be insulated from being negatively affected by the world around me. Thank You Lord for the grace to live as a shining example to people around me in Jesus Name.
QUOTE:
Your heart needs to be filled with The Word of God to the point of overflow. – WORDBITE 222