Key to a Good Home

We all want a good home.  You know, one where there is lots of love and compassion for one another.  To have this kind of home, we need to fear the Lord and delight in His commandments.  This is the key.  
Today, we will take a quick look at some households, starting with the very first one, Adam and Eve.  These two people had a perfect environment, the way that God intended it to be for all of us.  Perfect, that is, until the first sin.  As always with sin, Satan came to Eve and caused her to question God's word.  Then he accused God of being unkind and not looking out for their best interest.  Further, he talked Eve into disobeying  God. The result was a breakdown of commitment to God's only commandment: Do not eat of the Tree of Good and Evil.
The next household we look at is very different.  In Job 1:1, we learn that Job feared God and shunned evil.  He had the key to a good home.  His story goes on to say, in Job 1:5, that he sacrificed a burnt offering daily just in case his children cursed God in their hearts.  This showed his concern for his family's spiritual well-being.  All through the trials that God allowed, Job kept his integrity and was a Godly role model for those around him, though they tried to tell him to curse God.
Abraham had a home of obedience, and because of this, God's blessings were abundant.  Nothing shows Abraham's submissiveness to God's authority as much as when God ordered him to sacrificed Isaac, his son, in Gen 22.  Can you imagine being commanded by God to sacrifice your child who you love more than life itself?  But Abraham feared the Lord and delighted in His commandments   He had faith that God would provide, and so He did!
We are to teach our children and grand-children through our experiences, and have faith that God will provide for our every need.  We need to be Godly role models at all times.  Don't let temptation rule the day, but be like Joshua, when he said,"But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord" (Joshua 24:15 NIV).