IN THE DAYS OF YOUR YOUTH

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Text: Ecclesiastes 12:1

 _Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth: Before the days of evil come,  and the years approach when you will say,  "I have no delight in them_ 

There are so many schools of thought to the classification of who a youth is. And my duty is not to define who a youth is.  But if you still have strength in you,  then you are a youth, because Proverbs 20:29 says the glory of the youth is their strength. 

What is required of you now in the days of your youth:

1. Be intentional: The first word in our text says  'Remember'. You are enjoined to remember because there's high tendency that you will forget. People only remember they were young when they are old. If you wait till that time before you remember your Creator, you will only be filled with regrets. 

One salient truth about your youthful time is, YOU CAN ONLY BE YOUNG ONCE. Because the devil understands this truth,  he specializes in helping youths to waste their time,  their strength and their youthfulness.

Isaiah 40:30 says even youths grow weary and tired, and vigorous young men stumble badly. That is, the strength you hold so dearly today will gradually diminish and eventually vanish. But the good news is that those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles,  they shall run and not be weary,  they shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31.

Again, the good news for you who thinks you have long passed the days of your youth is that the invitation to wait on the Lord is open to all regardless of age. He can yet renew your youth. 

2. Do it now : For emphasis sake,  the next word in our text says 'NOW'. I pray the Lord will give you grace not to waste your NOW.  What you are expected to do now, don't push it to tomorrow, because tomorrow might be too late. Don't cooperate with the devil to waste your NOW.  Your NOW is a free gift of God to you,  don't waste it. 

 *Behold,  now is the accepted time: behold, now is the day of salvation* 2 Corinthians 6:2.

Bible reading: Ecclesiastes 12:1-14.

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