DEVOTIONAL:

A YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY

BIBLE READING: ECCLESIASTES.12:1-7

MEMORY VERSE: PSALM 25:7

              A youth can be defined as a young person who is strong in body and sound in mind.Youths make up the bulk of a typical community. Ideally, youths are men and women of war.A man of war is an instrument of both protection and destruction.He protects his friends but destroys his foes.(1Samuel.17:33). The best time to be focused in life is in the time of the youth.it is the most productive period in the life of a person.Lamentation.3:27 says;

It is good that a man bear the yoke in his youth.

             It should also be noted that youths have their limitations.Though they are strong,energetic and sound in mind,they have their weaknesses.For example,many of the decisions that a youth will take will require the counsel and probably the guidance of elders,so as to avoid blunders.Are you a youth?Don't forget that you need valuable advice from elders.(Proverbs.20:29). The time of youth is delicate.Youths can fall and fail if they are not careful.(Isaiah.40:30). If care is not taken,the young can be used in the community by evil-minded people as miscreants to perpetrate evil and unleash terror on innocent persons.Youths need guidance because of their inexperience.(Proverbs.2:16-18). Young people are often despised,looked down and disdained.(1Timothy.4:12). They are also susceptible to temptation,thus the best time to give appropriate guidance  to a person is in his/her youthful age. Also,the best time to remember God is at the period of the youth.(Ecclesiastes.12:1). Young people make up the bulk of a society and are responsible for its growth.Are you a youth and a child of God?You have a crucial role to play in your community.First it is your duty to love your community and have its best interests at heart.If you do,you will pray for your community.(Luke.18:1). Go all out to seek its welfare .Secondly,as a youth,you can contribute greatly to the growth of your community by bringing in new ideas.All developed societies utilize their young people to the maximum,harnessing their energy and innovation.Youths generate modern and creative ideas.They are strong and can be given any assignment,being at their productive peak.As a christian yotuh you can be an asset to your community,when you live holy and submit yourself to the holy-spirit.Are you an elder,encourage the youths in your community to maximize their potentials.Pray for them.Guide and encourage therm to be committed to Gods agenda.

ACTION POINT; To be an asset to your community,be committed to a Christlike pattern of li9ving,and commit yourself to people and Gods program.