Say Yes

I’m giving the closing prayer at the Youth Group meeting this Sunday and because it’s the first one I’m giving this year I want it to mean something. Let me clarify that, they always mean something. I just want it to not only wrap up the night, I want it to set a tone for the year. So as I’ve been praying on what to do and I had a moment of self realization. In a manner that is much more often than normal I feel like I’m being pulled by God in different directions. Honestly, it started a couple years ago, but like most people I guess I felt it’s much easier to ignore than to change. But in fact all I have to do is say yes. Yes.

The other day I was reading Galatians, about how Paul called Peter out. You see when Christ first sent the Apostles out he told them to only teach to “the lost sheep of the house of Israel” but later in both John 10:16 and Mathew 28:18-20 he tells them to preach to everyone. The problem was that Christians who were jewish converts saw themselves as better than the ones who were gentile. At first Peter treated everyone the same, but after some peer pressure he started to change. What happened next was an awesome example of why Peter was the rock. As the leader amongst the Apostles he could have reacted angrily towards Paul but instead he listened to what he had to say and in the end he agreed. He said yes. Although they would part ways then, they would come together again to teach together in Rome.

Like I said in the past I really do identify with Peter. He knew what was right. He knew what God wanted him to do. He thought it was just easier to ignore…..until he said yes. So like me and the teens I’m going to speak with on Sunday, I ask that when you feel Him pulling you say yes. Trust God’s plan, He will never lead you astray….

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”-Jeremiah 29:11

Thanks for listening. God bless