Memorise: I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and
will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. Psalm 7:17
Read: Psalm 71:16-17
Bible in one year: Leviticus 20-23
If you have
accepted Christ as your Lord and personal Saviour, you are His virgin. A
virgin is pure and undefiled. But being a virgin is not enough. In
Esther 2:2, when virgins were to be brought to take part in the beauty
contest at Shushan the palace, they were expected to be beautiful. The
Holy Spirit must be allowed to beautify your life with His fruit
(Galatians 5:22-23). Without this, you will be disqualified even as a
virgin. Is your life beautiful? Does it reflect the love of God embedded
in the fruit with nine parts?
Besides beauty, another quality that must be met has to do with age. The
virgins must be young (Esther 2:2). This means every virgin beyond a
certain age was disqualified. True, they are virgins. True they are pure
and have not been defiled. Yet, if they failed to meet up with the age
requirement, they will not be called to the contest. This teaches us
that age has a lot to do with our calling. In a number of recruiting
organizations today, besides stipulating the academic qualification, the
age requirement is clearly spelt out. Usually, they require young
graduates preferably less than 25 years. As a result, you have those who
satisfy the academic requirement but are over the age bracket
disqualified. This has made some to lie concerning their age. From this
we learn that Kingdom assignments must be done at the time stipulated by
God. You do not do God's work at your time but at His time. His task
has a time requirement attached. So it is not enough to be doing a
particular thing for God; the issue is: are you doing it at God's
appointed time? Another lesson here is that there are certain Kingdom
assignments that must be done in your youth: If you don't do them then,
you would have missed out of God's purpose concerning such tasks. There
are certain things that are best done for God in your youth. As a youth,
you have lots of energy which reduces as you grow older. God wants you
to utilise your youthful strength for His glory. Also as a youth, you
are very adventurous. God wants you to go on an adventure in the things
of the Spirit. Are you a Christian youth? How are you engaged in
pleasing God with all that God has invested in you? God is looking for
teens and youths through whom He will manifest His glory. Do you
qualify? Make yourself relevant today by putting your time at His
disposal.
Prayer point: Ecclesiastes 12:1 says you should remember God now. But if
you do so later; He can still use you but you would have cut off a
chunk of opportunities that may never be regained.
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