The Young Born Again Christian
Young in faith and fresh in belief, the young born-again Christian is a refreshing person to meet. He or she is ready to soak up all he hears, listening intently, focusing on the WORD and growing by leaps and bounds, trying to catch up with lost time.
He or she may have arrived from a worldly experience, full of sin and filth, or may have come with a clean slate - totally uncontaminated by the corruption of the world or the unbelief that suffocates the believer, preventing him or her from flying and soaring.
It is a good start to begin clean and fresh - unpolluted, uncontaminated by wrong doctrines, wrong principles and wrong beliefs. It would be a tragedy if the eaglet is convinced it cannot fly, that it is meant to wait for its food, and that it cannot see beyond the trees.
Man has failed in educating man. We emphasise so much on discipline, on do's and don'ts rather on what we can do to tap our potential to the limits. Man suffocates man, oppresses each other, blocks and obstructs more than build and develop. Ego, pride and jealousy are amongst the biggest enemies of mankind and many victims have paid the price for being too good, too smart and too progressive.
The young born again Christian is no different. In almost any church set-up of any denomination, he will be assigned to the pews, the rank and files till he is recognised for some talent, ability or calling in his life. If he or she remains unrecognised and his talents and abilities unnoticed or unrealised by others or himself, he may be seated and silenced for life!
It is not God's design that one or two lead and the others follow forever. God has assigned everyone to follow the leader, learn from him, grow and mature and then rise up and take off in flight, for the harvest is plentiful but labourers are few. True leaders must produce and multiply leaders. Good pastors must produce pastors. Good teachers produce teachers, prophet nurture prophets, evangelist raise evangelists, and apostles raise apostles......besides believers and followers alone. This is the process of teaching, guiding, imparting, empowering and sending.
Jesus did just that when He called the twelve disciples to His side. The Bible says, that He gave them power to heal the sick, to cast out demons and to raise the dead.
God's calling is for everyone. He has called you and I to rise and take up our positions and claim territories, advance in areas, develop in creativity and improvise in our skills. He is a God of work and achievements. His parables - the parables of Jesus reminds us about a strict boss, who will return to enquire about our lives, our work and what we have done with the talents and gifts He has given us.
It is a mind-set, `mood-set', `attitude-set', `heart-set', `spirit-set' and `soul-set' that needs to be awakened and stirred into action. We need to know, to be told, to be awakened that we are eagles, not ducks, chicken or even a swallow. We are eagles!! The sky is our limit, the field is our target.
So, if you are a young believer out there, no matter what your age is, think big - think God! Apart from Him, we can do nothing [John 15.5]. Yet, with God , nothing is impossible. Rise and soar into the Heavens. You can do it.
The next few chapters will deal with that. For now, do not ever restrict yourself and do not ever let anyone put you down, limit you and tell you that you cannot fly and that you cannot go beyond the hills or cross the boundaries, because the earth is yours for inheritance. Possess it!
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He or she may have arrived from a worldly experience, full of sin and filth, or may have come with a clean slate - totally uncontaminated by the corruption of the world or the unbelief that suffocates the believer, preventing him or her from flying and soaring.
It is a good start to begin clean and fresh - unpolluted, uncontaminated by wrong doctrines, wrong principles and wrong beliefs. It would be a tragedy if the eaglet is convinced it cannot fly, that it is meant to wait for its food, and that it cannot see beyond the trees.
Man has failed in educating man. We emphasise so much on discipline, on do's and don'ts rather on what we can do to tap our potential to the limits. Man suffocates man, oppresses each other, blocks and obstructs more than build and develop. Ego, pride and jealousy are amongst the biggest enemies of mankind and many victims have paid the price for being too good, too smart and too progressive.
The young born again Christian is no different. In almost any church set-up of any denomination, he will be assigned to the pews, the rank and files till he is recognised for some talent, ability or calling in his life. If he or she remains unrecognised and his talents and abilities unnoticed or unrealised by others or himself, he may be seated and silenced for life!
It is not God's design that one or two lead and the others follow forever. God has assigned everyone to follow the leader, learn from him, grow and mature and then rise up and take off in flight, for the harvest is plentiful but labourers are few. True leaders must produce and multiply leaders. Good pastors must produce pastors. Good teachers produce teachers, prophet nurture prophets, evangelist raise evangelists, and apostles raise apostles......besides believers and followers alone. This is the process of teaching, guiding, imparting, empowering and sending.
Jesus did just that when He called the twelve disciples to His side. The Bible says, that He gave them power to heal the sick, to cast out demons and to raise the dead.
God's calling is for everyone. He has called you and I to rise and take up our positions and claim territories, advance in areas, develop in creativity and improvise in our skills. He is a God of work and achievements. His parables - the parables of Jesus reminds us about a strict boss, who will return to enquire about our lives, our work and what we have done with the talents and gifts He has given us.
It is a mind-set, `mood-set', `attitude-set', `heart-set', `spirit-set' and `soul-set' that needs to be awakened and stirred into action. We need to know, to be told, to be awakened that we are eagles, not ducks, chicken or even a swallow. We are eagles!! The sky is our limit, the field is our target.
So, if you are a young believer out there, no matter what your age is, think big - think God! Apart from Him, we can do nothing [John 15.5]. Yet, with God , nothing is impossible. Rise and soar into the Heavens. You can do it.
The next few chapters will deal with that. For now, do not ever restrict yourself and do not ever let anyone put you down, limit you and tell you that you cannot fly and that you cannot go beyond the hills or cross the boundaries, because the earth is yours for inheritance. Possess it!
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