Youth Serve God, Too!

 2 Chronicles 24:1-2 (ESV Strong's)

1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. 2 And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

Youth Serve God, Too!

When we read the stories in the Bible, we often think of great men like Moses and Abraham.  We think of them as old and wise.  And, they were.   But, we ought not limit our thinking that God only uses older men and woman to accomplish His task.  In the above verses we see the Joash was a very young man when he began to reign in Judah.  Granted, Jehoiada, the priest, was constantly at this side (in fact, when Jehoiada dies, later in this chapter, Joash actually stops following God ... see 1 Chronicles 24:15-24).   Joash had great guidance and, in his early life, as a child, he did great things for God.  The Godly influence around him gave him wisdom, insight, courage and support to live loudly for God.  David, the shepherd boy, did great things for God and lived out loud.  His brothers tried to discourage him, but David, in his youth, served God, instead of his peers.  Joseph was a young man when he was sold by his brothers into slavery and taken to Egypt.  Yet, he used his skills to serve God.   It was a young maid in 2 Kings 5 that introduced Naaman (full of leprosy) to Elisha for healing.   Daniel and his three friends were only teenagers when they stood for God in regard to what they would and would not eat while captive in Babylon.   It was a young man in the crowd that offered his lunch so Jesus could use it to feed 5,000 men (John 6).  It was a young nephew of Paul who gave information to the guard so that Paul would not be killed by an angry mob (Acts 23:16).   God does not need older men and older women to serve Him, ONLY.  He calls youth to step up and live out loud for Him!!