Open Heaven 6 December 2024: Youthful Strength
MEMORISE: Ecclesiastes 12:1
“Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.”
READ: Lamentations 3:25-27 (KJV)
25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
26 It is good that a man should both hope* and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Read Yesterday’s Open Heaven Devotional Here
In Proverbs 20:29, the Bible says that the glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is their grey head. When you are young, you are strong and agile, and you have the strength to jump around and work for long hours. However, the Bible says in Isaiah 40:30:
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
The strength that comes with youthfulness does not last forever. David was a valiant warrior when he was young; not only did he kill Goliath, he also trained other giant killers. However, a point came in his life when he fainted and would have died in battle if someone had not come to his rescue (2 samuel 21:15-22).
The glory of the youth is in their strength; however, this strength must not be used selfishly. Rather, it must be used primarily to serve God. If you are a youth, you should not use your strength to engage in sexual immorality or pursue worldly pleasures. Rather, use your strength to work for God as this is the primary reason for making you strong. There are many people today who constantly regret how they spent their youth. Some of them do not have a stable marriage or a good source of income because of how they lived their lives when they were much younger. They sacrificed having a good future on the altar of ‘having fun’.
If you are a youth, you need to be careful of the seeds you are sowing now because you will surely reap them in the future. Ecclesiastes 11:9-10 says:
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.
You should put evil far away from you, especially if you are a youth reading this. Your strength as a youth will not last forever. When this youthful strength is gone, and you become old, you will have to face the results of the seeds that you sowed in your youth.
Beloved, serve the Lord with all your strength now. A word is enough for the wise.
KEY POINT:
Youthful strength will not last forever; use it to serve the Lord.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Galatians 4-6
Open Heaven 6 December 2024
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