Above Average...

 

Refuse

 to be average.

 

 Let

your

heart

soar

as high

 as it will.

 

A. W. Tozer

 

 

In one of my earlier days of walking with Jesus, I heard a sermon in which the pastor shared about some of his fellow citizens in the country of India who were puzzled about American missionaries who came to share Jesus with them. They said, "You make such extraordinary claims but live such ordinary lives". I pondered that many, many times and pray often that God will do what He must to lift me to each spot of higher ground that He needs me to be (being changed from glory to glory).

 

I have prayed that our children rising up will choose Him from a young age, living extraordinary lives even in their youth. One day as I was pondering this, it came to me that:

 

 it is no ordinary thing for our young people

 to choose Jesus Christ,

despite all the distractions

in this 'age of reasoning' we live in today.

 

It is no ordinary thing for daughters to rejoice in serving

in their father's house,

 and cheerfully put themselves under his headship

 for protection and direction,

in this day where women

have struggled long and hard

 to be free of that God-designed order.

 

it is no ordinary thing for sons

 to rise up and assume responsibility

at a young age,

 choosing to embrace their God-given design

to protect women, and to serve their families while

learning of Jesus...

 

it is no ordinary thing for young people to

embrace the true message of the Cross,

choosing to let Him change their hearts from

stony, selfish hearts

to hearts that are soft and pliable, willing to be

molded and conformed into the image of Christ

 

These are not ordinary things.

 These are things that come about

by extraordinary power that comes

 when a heart is yielded to

Jesus Christ.

 

I am encouraged that there is a

smattering of youth today

across the globe who are part of the

'few that find (the narrow way)'

and walk in it.

 

I am encouraged to see them

 rising up and serving

the God who made them

and the God whom they love.

 

My heart is greatly encouraged

and beats with a passion to support them

and teach them what He has shown me

so that they may be encouraged to continue

in the things they have begun with Him.

 

Pray for these our youth.

They face things that many of us

in our youth

have not had to even know.

 

And my heart says

"Come dear Lord Jesus...

Come and take us Home to You

soon."