Sometimes the youth I minister are so hardened by the circumstances of their life you wonder if you can reach them. It is amazing how many times I see God soften that hardness.
Last week, one of the guys in my Bible study didn’t want to be there. He raised his hand and said, “What would you say if I told you I don’t believe anything?” I said, “Do you mean you don’t believe in God… you don’t believe in the Bible?” He said, “That’s right, I don’t believe in anything… what do you have to say about that?”
I said, “Okay… I’ve heard that before. I will pray that God shows you at some point who He really is. And remember, we all believe in something so my desire for you is that you don’t realize ten or twenty years from now that you have believed in the wrong things. Be sure that what you believe is really true.”
We studied Luke 2:52 and he began to really get excited about that verse. At one point he spoke out and said, “I can’t believe how much is in that one verse. When I get out I’m going to get that verse tattooed on my arm!”
I said, “Well that wasn’t what I had in mind but I’m glad you get the message.”
He came up to me at the end of our Bible study and said, “Will you pray for me?” I asked what I should pray about and his response was, “Just pray for me.” I sure will and I did.
