Age and Circumstance doesnt matter...

First Read 1 Timothy 1:12 and then read Hebrews 11.

Have you ever had someone look at you and say you are to young to be apart? I have. There were those times where I was to short to ride the roller coaster at the local theme park. Or I was in the awkward stage of finding shoes... you know where you are unable to find the shoes size you need in the children's section but they also seem to lack when you go to the adults shoes as well. To many times growing up we find ourselves in this predicament. It honestly doe not matter what age you are people are looking at you as if you are too young.

My wife and I have many friends that are older than us. I know it bothers my wife more than it bothers me but when we expose our age it is almost like we failed in life. People end up speaking to us differently and do not think we can understand certain things because of How old we are. Do not get me wrong there are something we do not understand yet because we have not experienced it (i.e. having a baby). My wife and I think we know something about having a Child but we honestly do not.

I remember growing up and always wanting to go to Wal-Mart to check out the last toy (things havent changed now it is electronics). I would ask by brother to take me and you guessed it he said no...

Look at the first scripture I gave you. Paul is writing to Timothy (he is young and he is preaching). In this letter, Paul is trying to encourage Timothy to stay strong, teach good doctrine and just because you are young doenst mean you can not encourage and lead people toward Christ. I came across this video... click here to watch it.

Guess how old this girl is??????? She is 11. That is it 11. She has grace the presents of Katie Holmes, Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhal, Hillary Swank, Minnie Driver and the list goes on. She has been on the show HOUSE M.D., Croy in the House, CSI New york and not only this she is going to be in 5 featured films in the next 2 years (information found @ www.imdb.com)

With all of this Hollywood "glory" surrounding her she still lives her faith out. She is not letting Her age affect how God can use her... When are we going to realize our age doesnt matter?

Take a look again at Hebrews 11. I want you to think of the hall of fame of some sport or product or show... what ever that hall of fame is that is kind of what is represented here in Hebrews 11. This is the "HALL OF FAME OF FAITH"... These are the big guns of the Old Testament. Let us talk about a few of the people that are mentioned:
--> Abraham -- promised generations would be linked to him. He is the father of many nations... He lied about his wife being his wife, twice, said she was his sister.
--> Moses (you know the one that help set the Hebrew nation free from the Egyptian rule)... He was a murder and was afraid to speak in front of people.
--> Rahab (back in this time women were looked at more as property than people)... She was a woman, a Gentile (someone that was not a jew) and then she was a Prostitute.
--> David (the one who slayed Goliath)... he was a murderer, adulterer, and children plotted daily to kill him. (information found from "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan)

All of these mentioned were found in Hebrews for their faith. That is wild... These people did some very messed up things. I am not telling you to go and kill someone or lie about your wife or become a prostitute. I am telling you that your circumstance does not have to define who you are... Yes these people did some awful things but they lived out their faith. They did not let they did control the outcome of their faith. A great example of someone who did not let their circumstance effect them is Jason McElwain. To watch the video click here or his name. He did not let his "circumstance" effect his performance.

I Challenge you all to not let your age or your circumstance effect how you are going to live for Christ.

until next time...