Ecclesiastes 12:1-4 (NIV)
Remember your Creator in the days of your
youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach
when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”
Question: In this verse the writer urge us to remember our Creator
while we are young, why?
Activity: Shagidi Shagidi Shapopo
You may check this video to know how to play this game:
Reflection:
As we play the game, at first we can all follow what the
leader acted, but as the game prolong, little by little confusions came, in the
middle of the line there are some who were not able to follow which affects the
rest of the participants.
Just like in our lives, not all the time we can say that
everything is smooth, that we will always be on track, that troubles won’t
come. But as years pass by, as we grow older, more responsibilities will come.
Thesis, projects are small things but once you have stepped into the real
world, work, busy days, the more people you’ll know, the more responsibilities
you’ll get.
Time will come all of us here will have our own family, we
need to feed them, we need to support them, up to the point that we are almost
forgetting our own selves.
We always hear the phrase “NOW IS THE TIME” yes, do it “NOW
IS THE TIME” this is the time to start remembering your Creator, because there
is no other time better than today.
I speak as a living testimony of how I want to be a Youth
again. Yes I love the life I have now, and I thank God for the life that I
have. But nothing can replace the time when I was one of the Youth servants.
How I long for the moment where I can stay, no matter how long, outside to do
Youth fellowship
Another thing, aside from being free, while we are young we
have all the courage to try new things. We are so into it when we do something
that we love. We are very bold on our feelings, and that is what God wants us
to be till we grow old.
If we started serving while we are young, that will, in some
ways, become part of our lives and we will keep on doing it or longing for it
no matter how old we get.
That is why the writer of Ecclesiastes reminds us to
remember Him who created us while we are young, for us to grow with it and to
be molded early so that we will be ready for those troubled times. So that we
will know deep in our hearts that no matter how tough it gets, God is there to
cheer us up.
It is not that I look down to those who knew God just now
that they are old, in fact I pitty them and for sure they envy us (in a Holy
way ) and I have heard a lot of oldies who used to say, “if I’m as young as you
are…”.
But it is never too late, as long as we can still walk,
jump, shout, clap our hands we can always be young in God’s eyes and in our
hearts.
What God wants every youth to realize is that God has a
purpose in everything. (Ec 3:1 There is a time for everything, and a
season for every activity under the heavens)
We are not here for nothing, we are called to remember Him,
serve Him, obey Him and to love Him (John 15:14 If you love me, keep my
commands)
But above everything, God called you to be Saved. (John 3:17
For God did not send his Son into the world to
condemn the world, but to save the world through him.)
Please feel free to share your thoughts! :)
