Often you hear adds like this on T.V. and radio. Ads that tell you today is the easiest time to do something, buy something, borrow something or earn something. Thought it may sound weird, that is what Solomon tells us in Ecclesiastes 12:1, "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”
It will never be easier to say yes to God than it is today! Here are some reasons and some situations that prove this truth.
1. Statistics show that most people choose Christ at an early age. There are statistics for 8 and under, 18 and under and even 30 and under. Once a person is over 30 the likely hood that they will change the spiritual tone of their life is in the low single digit percentage range.
2. The older we get the more stuck in our habits we become. Repentance becomes difficult not only practically, but psychologically.
3. The older we get the more commitments we have made to people who depend on our lives remaining static. Even if you life is crummy, people around you expect you to be you. The pressure of social expectation, from family, work, neighbors and friends, makes life change difficult.
4. When it comes to obeying the Lord in giving and other financial matters the older you get the more locked into bad habits and bad debt you can become. There are ways out, but it is often very difficult. It is like waiting till your 55 to start saving for retirement, bad idea!
5. The older you get the harder it is to have faith that God can redirect your life toward the calling he has placed on your life. You are never too old to change. You are never too old to let God re-direct your life. However, it is a bit tougher generally the older you get.
These are the items I left out of the sermon yesterday. My challenge to you is this. Make the changes God is leading you to make sooner than latter. It will only get more difficult with time.
Perhaps you have waited a long time and are at the end of life, frustrated. Though the changes God desires may be difficult, ask for his strength to aid you in life transformation. Now that you are older, you should have more experiential reasons to listen to God. When we were young we ignorantly ignored God. Now we are no longer ignorant.
God loves you and has a great plan for you (Jeremiah 29:11) no matter what you have done. His perfect will for your future can start today! He will work out a plan for you to please him, even if you have procrastinated. Just trust him wit the changes.
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