The Glory of Youth

I have often heard that the youths are the glory of their upcoming generation. However, the youths that saturate in the power and might of Gods wisdom are somewhat castaways. For example, as I was growing in the wisdom and love of God I was despise by many older age saints. One angry saint stated “You can’t preach or share the word because you are far to young”. Religious leaders and elders shunned me with their remarks and the older people of this world hate me because I am “Religious”. It is hard for the ones who know me to comprehend the transformation from darkness into light and from ignorance unto wisdom. Solomon in his youth was wiser than many; Jesus in his youth had the teachers around him amazed because of his understand and the way he worded his questions. Timothy had to be a powerhouse for Paul to take him under his wings. Now is it not written To not let anyone despise your youth? Indeed it is written and Paul through the Holy Spirit saw the rebuking of the youth. So he gave us encouragement during the stage of “Rejection”. It was also told to us to enjoy the glory of our youth. Yet, it is so hard because you steady have people that hate the fact that God has given you specific gifts that took them years of service to obtain. God has surely blessed me with the gift of wisdom, understanding and knowledge. However the Religious people in my past only spoke curses upon me. Now that doesn’t cause me to lose faith and neither should it cause you to lose faith, however it is just sad. God is not a respecter of men. Just as he gave me the gifts he to will give to others. The biggest problem that would hinder anyone from receiving the gifts of God would be their heart. But to the elders that read this “LOVE YOUR YOUTHS” and enjoy them. They are truly the future and to go against them is to go against God because Jesus said “Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven”. 

Knowledge

Since the beginning when Adam and Eve took a bite from the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil, man has continually manifested that knowledge into the very things we see today. Aristotle stated “All men desire to know” and the evidence of this is by the arts and sciences we have today. All things down from cooking, painting, fashion, smithing and so on were created because of man’s hunger to know. But one thing we desire to know more than anything is our future. For this cause we created divination and horoscopes. However, common sense should tell us our entire life is not in the hands of 12 zodiac signs. We often try to create our own path but it is written “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death” (Pro 14:12 KJV). God himself said “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:” We as people have the right to choose the path we want, but often we choose the wrong way because we feel its the easy way out. Yet even Jesus creates a parallel statement to the previous scripture by saying “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:” God is steady warning us to take his path and he does this daily by causing events to happen in your life to make you ponder your destination, and yet because of the pride inside of us we make our lives harder than it is suppose to be. God doesn’t want us to live a hard life, he wants us to be full of joy but how can you expect that joy if you neglect the signs God is giving you to turn from your own knowledge and seek his. For God’s word is a lamp to one’s feet. Our Knowledge cannot see pass the darkness the fruit from the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil has created. But with God’s knowledge we cannot overcome that darkness.

The Power of Loneliness

Throughout my walk in Christ, there have been times when I myself have fallen weak to the cares of the flesh. Now these cares of the flesh have brought temporary happiness but that happiness is soon devoured by the loneliness that cannot be avoided. In truth I would like to compare the effects of Loneliness to an wolf caught in a bear trap; If you study wolves you will know that wolves who are caught up in a bear trap are most likely to go to extreme measures to free themselves, and these measures lead to the wolf eating it legs. As i think about the average lonely human I came to the conclusion that we are no different then the wolf at times. What would we do or how far would we go in order to free ourselves from the burdens and pains of loneliness? Would we vitiate our standards and settle for less? Would we go out and manipulate someone into loving us by buying them all their heart desires? We can mask the feeling with temporary things but reality is truth and there is no avoid the reality that money and humanly love cannot feel the “God-Void”. Ask yourself how can long can you possibly stay stable? We go into our fictional character mode and pull out our best Denzel Washington act not knowing that every role has an ending. Yet with God there is no ending. There is also no loneliness in God. It truly is an umbrage to know that I allowed this feeling to override my emotions all these years. But greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world. Through continual prayer, reading, fasting and genuine time with God the feeling of loneliness will have no choice but to dissipate. Are you battling loneliness? Are you replacing God with the cares of the World? My suggestion to you is to begin to soak in the word for it is written how should a man cleanse his ways? By taking heed to God’s word. My Fellow Brothers and Sisters seek God.