While sitting down today I began to reflect on my life. I began chronicling what my life would have been like if I had gotten saved, and stayed saved, when I was younger. For all intensive purposes, I am still quite young now. What I mean is how much work could I have accomplished for the kingdom if I had not been ashamed to name the name of Christ in my pre-teen, teen, and college years? I realized that is something I would never know.
Of course, the enemy began to attempt to make me feel like I had already squandered the best years of my life. I began to question how useful or effective I am now in ![stockxpertcom_id1907961_jpg_64e9be9da938948604c905edb944d10c []](http://www.sistersofthefaith.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/stockxpertcom_id1907961_jpg_64e9be9da938948604c905edb944d10c-.jpg "stockxpertcom_id1907961_jpg_64e9be9da938948604c905edb944d10c []")
comparison to how effective I could have been when I was not a wife and mother.
And I will restore or replace for you the years that the locust has eaten… And you shall eat in plenty and be satisfied and praise the name of the Lord, your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you. And My people shall never be put to shame. Joel 2:25-26 Amp.
This passage ministered to me! Oh. how refreshing it is to be reminded that the plague of locusts of lukewarmness, worldiness and fornication, to name a few, are far from us. Because of grace we can spend the rest of our days serving the Lord with our whole hearts! We can submit in total surrender and become vessels that can be fashioned however the Potter chooses.
Jesus, accomplished a great deal in His three years of earthly ministry. Moreover, in John 14:12 he stated, “I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father.”
This scripture reminded me that I am an asset to the kingdom. Each of us in an ex-something. Each of us has wasted valuable time at one point or another. God is looking for young men and women like Joshua who He can fill with His spirit and who will do great exploits for the Kingdom of God.
As parents, we must encourage our children to serve the Lord while they are still young and to keep His Word because that is what will prolong their life many years and bring prosperity (Proverbs 3: 1-2). As believers we should encourage any and all youth that we encounter to trust in the Lord and allow willingly allow His will to be manifested in their lives and not squander their youth.
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