Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
Ecclesiastes 11:9-10 KJV
I found this verse yesterday, and it is a summary of how today's youths are living. We are Woke. Aren't we?
Well, I don't really think so. There may not have existed all this technologies at the time of Solomon, but their youths were definitely Woke.
I like Solomon. He didn't tell you to be careful. He infact encouraged us. Go have all the fun, and all the freedom you want, no one is holding you back, as long as you aren't doing it in ignorance!
Because to every action, there is a consequence. Be it good or bad. Know that for Slaying, or partying hard, or drugs, or singing, or eating. God will bring you to judgement.
There is good Judgement, and there is the other kind of judgement I am determined not to ever experience. You have a choice in this matter. To either follow a world that has an end, or a God that has no end.
There is consequence for your action. Do not let peer pressure or what is trending fool you. There is nothing new under the sun. Not fashion, and definitely not money. A Christian song writer said "when the world begins to see you change, don't expect them to applaud. Just keep your eyes on God and tell yourself that you've become the work of God."
You will lose some friends if you choose God, but you would have challenged them to be better than they realize they could be.
Remember the rounding verse of Solomon. Childhood and Youth are vanity.
Yet, that is where we think the real deal is. Remember, not every child or youth makes it into adulthood. Do not let vanity lead you to hell.
Take charge of your life.
Love,
MaryA.
True Saying and Words of Wisdom!!
ReplyDelete''Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw night, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened. And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low'' Ecclesiastes 12: 1-4
Youthful stage is the stage when all the five (5) sense of organ (eyes, nose, tongues, skin and ears) are best active.
* The eyes want to see all things
* The nose wants to smell all things
* The tongue wants to taste all things
* The skin wants to feel all things
* The ears wants to hear all things
*We should be careful as Christians not to grieve the Holy Spirit by the desires of any of our five sense of organs.
* We should bear in mind that a day is coming whereby all the sense organs will be totally weak and least active as described in Ecclesiastes 12:1-4.
* Many adults are regretting; wish to revert back to the youthful stage in order to make right their wrongs, but it is too late.
* Our youthful age is the best time to give our energy, skills, talents, time to the Lord. Jesus knew this very well that was why he did not called the elders to be his apostles but the youth.
* Yes, of course! ''You will lose some friends if you choose God, but you would have challenge them to better than they realise they could be''
May God help us to always put in remember that our youthful stage is just for a short time.
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