AVOID PARENTAL CURSES

 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. (Genesis 49:1). Some people struggle to make ends meet, but because they are under a curse, things seem to get harder. The verses following our opening scripture say, “Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellence of dignity, and the excellence of power: Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father' bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.” (vs 3-4) Jacob cursed his son Reuben for defiling his bed. Rueben must have taken it as the words of an old man that didn’t mean anything because we are not told that he repented and sought for forgiveness. He just went on with life but with time, the curse of his father took effect in his life and lineage.

Some people today are not progressing, not because they don’t work hard but because their parents have laid curses on them knowingly or unknowingly out of pain. Most times it is not the intention of parents to place such curses but because of offences committed and pains caused, they speak words and evil spirits carry the words and follow the person, waiting for opportunities to manifest them. Proverbs 26:2 says, “As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.” so as long as there is a cause, the curse will stand but if a child is innocent, any curse laid in ignorance or wickedness will not stand. When you insult your parents, show stubbornness, or neglect your aged parents, whatever they say will stand. In the case of Reuben, he committed the offence so the curse worked. He was the first son of his father yet he never moved forward. The curse followed him all the days of his life until God sent someone to his aid.

Beloved, are you under a parental curse? There is hope. Go back to your parents if they are still alive and make amends. If not, go to you prophet. In Deuteronomy 33:6, many years after the curse of Jacob, Moses came up and blessed Reuben, “Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.”