Out In The Open

This past Wednesday we kicked off our series The Secret Life of a Christian Teenager. We talked about how most Christian live double sided lives when it comes to there faith in Christ. In youth culture today for some teenagers it's hard to live out there faith out in the open and fully commit to Christ. Why is that? I believe there can be several reasons. One is that theres the pressure of fitting in so maybe the fact that they have a relationship with Christ can be something they can't explain to there peers. It can be tuff. Every teenager wants to be part of something big, but what price do they have to pay in order to feel accepted? Sometimes keeping there faith a secret is alot easier. There are those times though when occasion it does come out, like "I go to church", or"youth group", but what about Jesus? Where is He? What part does Jesus play? Teenagers need to be able to feel confident in sharing there faith. In most cases it's as simple as teaching them. God then ultimately gives the confidence and wisdom. As it Say's "I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other! But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth! You say, 'I am rich. I have everything I want. I don't need a thing!' And you don't realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked."(Revelation 3:15-17). Jesus wants us to realize that apart from Him were lost. Teenagers can think they have it easy and that they have everything they need, but what they fail to realize is that there disconnected from Him. What do teenagers need to hand over to Christ? If our student's are living "The Secret Life of a Christian Teenager" it's time to cancel the show! We need to communicate to them that the sinful patterns they have only creates madness and insanity. The truly amazing thing is that obeying God and living life His way will bring the very results that they are trying to achieve by doing things there own way. A life devoted to openness, holiness, and commitment to Jesus has paybacks they can't possibly imagine. Peace out.