Myth: I don't need to get salvation in the days of my youth. Iam too young for it, it is for older people, I will pray for salvation when I become old.
Faith: Living a life having Jesus and being saved from sins in the youth is the best thing that can happen to any person. Lets see how
The bible says, It is good for man to bear the yoke in the days of his youth.
Let us try to understand why God wanted a man to bear the yoke in youth?
Let us observe deeply various stages of life of a human being, childhood, youth, middle age, old age...and examine how they respond to a situation.
For instance, lets think of a big poisonous snake is found on a road and people gather to watch. Now in this case if you do not kill the snake it is a threat to the community, may bite anyone anytime leading to unexpected deaths.
In the by-watchers if a 6th grade child is there, who have lot of courage and wants to kill the snake... his strength wouldn't be sufficient to execute the task and also the he may not have adequate experience and the level of judgement required to do it. If he tries, he may fail and loose his life too. If a middle aged man is there, his thought process would be like, why should I unecessarily involve in risk by going to kill this snake, he generally thinks to be on safe side because of the family ties he is having....An elderly man would'nt dare to go ahead killing the snake because again the strength he is having may or maybe not sufficient, he may or may not have the swift ness required etc.
If you consider a person in his youth, he has the strength and swiftness and the judgement required which is lacking in a child and elderly, and will have the thrust to go ahead inspite of hesitation seen in a family man. This is the very reason why whenever there is a dispute between neighbhors, or communities, or when riots take place anywhere, youth will take major part of it. This very concept is made use of and youth are molded by the intentions of the elderly of any community to execute anything needed. This is the very concept on which age limit for entry in to the army is decided, since it is difficult to mold a person to a lifestyle if his youth is crossed.
It suggests that what feed is given to a person in his youth will decide the direction and ultimate fate of the persons life. It decides the kind of life a person will end up in. Therefore we being the children of God, should be able to imbibe this God sense in the youth so that not only a generation deidicated to God will rise up, but also the peak strength of a persons life will be dedicated to God.
The yoke God is talking about here is about humility. It means a person should learn humility in his youth. As already discussed, if a person understands Gods nature in his youth days, then his life will be very fruitful unto God.
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