YOUTH: FERTILE GROUND
By Rick Mathes
Author of “Allah or Jesus”
2 Timothy 2:22 (NASB77) 22 Now flee from youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Ask yourself these four questions:
Do you have bad habits? For the sake of understanding, a bad habit is a sin againt God that habitually offends Him: of course, you too. The bad habit you have you want more than Jesus because if you didn’t want it more than you do want it, you wouldn’t have it. (Read this again.)
Do you look and linger? The look is not the sin the linger is because it will cause you to do the sin, enjoy it and be too seeped in it to repent.
Are your actions His? When others get to know you do they get to know Jesus? Sanctification is exchanging all we are for all He is.
Where is your treasure? Where your heart is, is where your treasure is. If you place it in the temporal goodies of the devil, you will see all the toys you have accumulated in your lifetime flame up around you in hell.
What are you to do:
Flee from lusts. Your eyes are the entry level for the devil.
Follow righteousness: only Jesus is righteous.
Avoid foolish questions: some things only God the Creator knows.
Do not strive with men: press on with heavenly angels around you.
Be gentle with all men: put forward an open fist of peace.
Be apt to teach: don’t perish for lack of knowledge.
Be patient: we have ll of forever to reach any objective.
Restore rebels: never give up because you were once one.
The Bible is the launching pad fr all that is pleasing to our Lord so take heed that if you can’t find and answer within its pages, you don’t have a question. Aim your efforts at righteousness, faith, love and peace. This is not an impossible task because these targets are well within the range of our Lord’s agenda.
Our Lord lived His life to establish the landmarks of holy living and the pursuit of righteousness in Him. There is no mistaking what His clear objectives were and there is no misunderstanding His principles of godly living. Put your toys away an grown up!
PRESS ON!
Rick Mathes 