How “old” Is OLD Enough?
“Listen, O my people, to my instruction;
(Psalm 78:1-4 NASB)
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings of old,
Which we have heard and known,
And our fathers have told us.
We will not conceal them from their children,
But tell to the generation to come the praises of the LORD,
And His strength and His wondrous works that He has done.”
In listening, oftentimes, I have heard people say: “She’s too young to understand.” OR “He’s too little to really come to know the Lord as His Savior.”
In speaking with an “older” young adult earlier this morning, a student who is in the midst of her university study, and (from the outside looking in) does not seem to know the Lord as her Savior, I wondered: Is she OLD Enough? She’s older in years than a child, knows more, understands more, has attended more years of school than a child who still attends an elementary school, & she has experienced more life. However, do her years of life really mean that she understands the “deep mystery” the apostle Paul calls the Gospel message of Jesus?
No! According to the psalmist, it does not, because the age of accountability is a different type of “understanding” & a different “timing” for each person.
So, when, exactly, is the AGE of being totally ACCOUNTABLE for our decision to follow Christ Jesus? !!!
Only the person: the child, the teenager, the young adult, the middle-aged adult, or the older adult knows when. WOW!
That seems quite heavy for anyone to carry, but is it really that heavy? OR
Do we (people who are more aged, more worldly, more educated, & more experienced) make “the child-like decision” more difficult than God ever intended it to be?
The psalmist wrote: “We will not conceal them from their children, . . .”
- We need to teach our children about God; He gave them to us so we may raise them to know God.
- We need to lead our children to church; He gave them to us so we may show them “the way.”
- We need to pray for our children to come to know Christ Jesus as Savior; He gave them to us as gifts, loaned to us for our lifetime, but still God’s precious possession.
The psalmist continued: “But tell to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, . . .”
- How old is OLD Enough to come to know the Lord?
- How old is OLD Enough to know Jesus as your Savior?
- How old is TOO LONG to wait to share Jesus?
- We need to tell the next generation & the current generation & even the generation of twenty-year-olds (if that older generation doesn’t know)—about the Savior JESUS!
The psalmist even tells us why.
“And His strength and His wondrous works that He has done.”
- Jesus is never late!
- Jesus is always right here—beside us, ready!
- Jesus is never distracted or too busy to hear our call.
- Jesus does not place stipulations on His grace, but we do.
The Bible records how the mercies of God are new every morning, so Jesus’ timing is ALWAYS PERFECT!
- If we are gifted with people within our day-to-day lives—then we must be on-mission.
- If we are gifted with children who do not yet know Jesus—then we must be on-mission.
- If we are gifted with neighbors, co-workers, students, & even family members who are not yet saved by the blood of Jesus—then we must be on-mission!
- If we are a child of God and have breath in our lungs—then we must be on-mission!
How “old” is OLD Enough—for God to save a person’s soul? ONLY GOD KNOWS!
“Warrior” by Hannah Kerr speaks how God makes his children His army, how it is God who keeps the HOPE alive in us. Listen today and be reminded that the battle for souls—exists!
GOD WILL BE VICTORIOUS OVER SATAN—FOREVERMORE!
May we be found faithful to obey His leading as we encounter those who remain lost & wandering through life in darkness, away from Him.
“The LORD your God is in your midst,
(Zephaniah 3: 17 NASB)
A victorious warrior.
He will exult over you with joy,
He will be quiet in His love,
He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.”