MEMORY VERSE: 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. Ecclesiastes 12:1
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Hosea 13- Joel 1
Ecclesiastes 12:1 says 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. The
question is , why does the preacher, the author of Ecclesiastes, wants us to
remember our Creator in the days of our youth? Why not remember Him (our
Creator), when we are old with grey hair? Why not remember Him after we have
enjoyed life? Why not remember God after pension? Why not remember our Creator
after marriage or our first child?
The most important time in your life is now. If you are a youth
and reading this , I congratulate you because you are the envy of the old
people . The decisions you make right now, will determine your future. The old
people around you, they are where they are today because of the decisions they
made when they were youths. The most important time in your life is now; you
will go through this phase only once! Whether you like it or not, you will only
be a ‘sweet 16’ , 18 years old or 24 years old once in a life time. A time is
coming, sister, when you will not be able to wear those high heels again. A
time is coming, brothers, when your haircuts will not matter to you anymore. If
you mess up now (in your youth), you may still make heaven (if you give your
life before you die and live holy), but, the scars will be forever. There are
things even prayer cannot undo, for example, if you become pregnant whilst you
are in secondary, the stigma will be for life. Several months back, I sat
in the sitting room of a very successful man. He had a PhD; he knew the bible
like the back of his hands. As he spoke to me about his family, he began to
shed tears. Why? This old man had made some irremediable mistakes
when he was a youth. The enemy’s main priority is to ensure that you do not
become who God wants you to be. He will do anything to mess up your today so as
to destroy your future. Will you allow him do that? A beautiful lady, virgin,
escorted her friends to a club because she was bored at home. Whilst
there, someone laced her juice with a pill. When it was time to go home, her
friends began to look for her and could not find her. Later they found her
lying unconscious in a room with some men. The men were arrested and tested for
HIV. The blood test revealed that one of the boys had HIV, she was infected
while they were raping her. Jesus is saying, ‘son/ daughter, come to
Me and secure your future.’ The ball is in your court. If I were you, I will
give my life to Christ now. If I were you, I will vow to serve Him with everything
I have so that I will not look back one day and say, ‘had I known.’ The time to
work hard is now. The time to graduate with a first class is now. The time to
be exceptional in all you do is now! The time to do some serious fasting and
praying is now. The time to seek the face of God concerning His purpose for
your life is now.
ACTION: Remember the youths in your prayers.
