Is there not a cause?
In the world
we live in
today, well
over half of
the population
are young
people. These
young people
are
desperately
looking for
something or
someone to
believe in,
something
worth living
for, and if
necessary even
worth dying
for. Young
David, before
he was king,
asked a
profound
question, he
asked, "Is
there not a
cause?"
True
Christianity,
biblical
Christianity,
holds the
answer to the
question that
young David
and the youth
of this
generation are
asking deep
down in their
hearts. But,
make no
mistake, there
are other
voices
speaking...
vying for the
allegiance of
the youth of
this
generation.
Our culture is
saying, "Just
fit in, and be
like everybody
else."
However,
today's "blend
in" culture
creates a
suffocating
vacuum into
lifestyles of
powerlessness;
paralyzing its
victims with
apathy and
boredom. Who's to
blame?
During
the 19th
century,
Dwight L Moody
founded a
Bible College
because he saw
this dilemma
in and among
church
leaders. He
put it this
way: "The
greatest
problem among
ministers in
my generation
is they are
trafficking
unlived
truth."
The
Gospel
preached in
the power and
anointing of
the Holy
Spirit, brings
an authentic,
unfathomable
transformation,
and these
results must
be completely
equivalent to
that of those
men and women
we read about
in the book of
Acts. Men and
women full of
God, this has
always been
the Lord's
answer and way
of addressing
a world filled
with deep hurt
and shame from
the ravages of
sin. I love
how succinctly
E. M. Bounds
put it -
"Men
are God's
methods; the
church is
looking for
better
methods; God is
looking for
better men."
The Word of
God reminds us
that, "The
weapons of our
warfare are
not carnal,
but are mighty
through God to
the pulling
down of strong
holds." (2
Corinthians
10:4) In
response to
young David's
profound
question to
this "Now"
generation,
"Is there not
a cause?"...I say
YES, YES there
is a
cause...to be
world changers
in the power
of the Holy
Spirit! I firmly
believe this
"Now"
generation is
not looking
for a new
definition of
Christianity,
rather it's
looking for a
new
demonstration
of
Christianity!
God is
rising up a
generation of
sold-out
believers that
are full of
new wine, and
no longer only
points the
way, but leads
the way! Great
men and women
of God that we
rightfully and
respectfully
honor in
generations
past did not
have bigger
Bibles, they
did not have
bigger
calendars, and
they did not
serve a bigger
God!
God has
made a promise
to the youth
of this
generation and
that promise
will be
fulfilled! As
always ,it is
conditional.
That condition
is
availability.
You may call
it dedication,
total
surrender,
commitment,
whatever you
want but
bottom line
is; if you are
willing, the
promise is for
you. "When
Christ calls a
man, He bids
him come and
die" Dietrich
Bonheffer
This
Last Days Army
of World
Changers will
be a people
that are
familiar with
the
miraculous!
God will use
our youth to
grip their own
generation
with cause and
a vision that
will drive
back the dark
angel of
complacency
and
destruction. Daniel
11:32 "but the
people that do
know their God
shall be
strong, and do
exploits."
This
holy battle
cry has come
down through
the ages, and
still echoes
in the hearts
of God's
people today.
The Gospel
still has the
power to
deliver from
the tyranny of
"social
approval" and
make us free
to do the will
of God even if
it means
laying down
our lives in
the process.
Yes, there is
a cause.
Blessings
to you!
Jeff
Pruett
MidSouth
District
NextGen Rep
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