Let Them Loose

Let the Young People Loose

1 Timothy 4:12 and 14 (NKJV) “Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership.”

Isn’t it amazing how time and time again the Word of God confirms what we have been thinking. I was actually ministering to one of our own young people the other day. This young man has a wonderful anointing for evangelism through music. He occasionally leads the praise and worship in church and, like the rest of our youngsters, he is still a raw talent but nevertheless an anointed talent.

So as I read this scripture I realised there is Biblical support for my passion to see the young, the next generation, released into their various ministries. Oh of course they will need some supervision, some guidance, mentoring, and they will need to have their excesses reined in a bit.

BUT, and here is my point, it is time to let some of our young people, raw though they are, loose. It is time to release them into their whole ministry.

Our church is blessed with multiple talented people, young and older. Your church is no different. You have a depth of hidden or suppressed talent that is just bursting to get out there and practiced what we oldies talk about each week but of which we seem to do very little.

You don’t keep the lid on a boiling pot, you simply lift the lid and allow the pot to let off some steam. It’s time to start releasing some of your steam before the pot boils over and you lose all your carefully nurtured

next generation.

Don’t just “think about it”, do something about it before it is too late.