THE ATTITUDE OF THE YOUTH THAT WANTS TO BE PURE

Hello and welcome to another blessed day which the Lord has made, we will be glad and rejoice in it. Today’s message is a completion of the topic we started in out last lesson but we will be going into something different though essential for the attainment of a pure life as we saw in our last lesson.

We have looked on the areas of our lives that the word of God must be allowed to rule over and we were able to see that with the word of God in [place in this particular places of our lives], we will be sure to say that we are standing with God.

Today, we want to critically examine what our attitude towards the word of God should be if we must be pure and holy.

In Psalm 119:10, the psalmist gave a principle which has remained the only principle emphasized in several passages of the scripture, it reads; “with my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.”

Consider carefully the phrase ‘with my whole heart’, what does it mean to search for GOD with one’s whole heart? Does that suggest that there are men who actually seek God but not with their whole heart? What could have being the possible reason why the Psalmist desired to seek the Lord with his whole heart and what did he aimed to achieve as he seek for God with his whole heart?

1.   The Psalmist understands very well that in the heart flows the issues of life and if his desire to seek God does not flow from his heart, he will only be wasting his time.

2.   The Psalmist knows that if his heart is not disciplined to completely focus on seeking the Lord; he will face a lot of distractions.

3.   He knew that seeking God with a partial heart will eventually lead to him wandering away from the commandments of God.

Let us have a look at few verses of the book of 2 Chronicles 15; the book of 2 Chronicles records the story of King Asa’s religious reform which was considered to be one of the revivals that took place in the Old Testament, it is embodied with a lot of lessons for us today.

Asa became king following the death of his father Abijah, as a result of his faithful leadership, Judah lived at peace during the first ten years of his reign. The prophet Azariah prophesied concerning Asa, saying “the Lord is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him he will forsake you” (15:2). Asa took the prophets words to heart and immediately embarked on making religious reforms including repair of the altar in the temple; he gathered the people to make a covenant, commanding that anyone who would not seek the Lord would be put to death. Sadly the last five years of his reign were marked by spiritual and physical decline as the king began to trust on human alliances and ability than God.

The story in this chapter looks like the situation which was painted by the question asked by the Psalmist in Psalm 119:9, it portrays the picture of a community that is lacking righteousness. Asa was a King to the people of God who has forgotten about seeking God because their hearts has being far from God ever since priest who will devote their time to teaching the word of God were lacking amongst them. V.3 records that for a long time, Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest and without the Law. You will discover that because there was not a priest who will teach the Law (the compass for life) they lost their stand with God, they lost their grip on righteousness resulting in everyone behaving as he would.

One important truth we must establish here is that when people stop hearing the undiluted word of God which alone has the power to convict a sinner, they feel at home in the Church with their sins celebrated as their weaknesses and their unfaithfulness as there character resulting in uncircumcised but confirmed Christians who will preach the word of God and play our pianos, robe in our choir and sing the praise of the God, work for God in various capacities but has no personal contact with God whom they claim to know and work for.

a.    For any son of the Kingdom that desires to remain pure for the Master, he must make sure that he has a teaching priest, one who will always be there to rebuke, instruct exclusively with the word of God and direct him in the decisions of life which he is bound to make.

Our youths today behave the way they do because, our churches has left the teaching ministry which would have subjected these youths to deep revelation of the will and purpose of God for their lives which always comes with lights that the darkness of their lives cannot comprehend and has jumped into the power ministry because ministers feel that they are not announced when they teach as much as they will if they have everyone in the gathering fall under anointing hence we demonstrate the power of God on the youths in the  name of deliverance but fail to subject them to a systematic teaching of how to live a holy spirit lead life thus subjecting them to deliverance experimentation. The implication is this, we end up gathering crowds as members who knows little or nothing on what it is that God demands from us as his Children, hence we have lost grip of the true God and His law is no longer in us.

If we must be right with God, then we must avail ourselves to teach and be taught by seasoned ministers who are disciples, whose business is nothing but teaching you to observe all that the Lord has commanded you, Jesus Christ said, ‘go therefore and make disciples of all nations… teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. Math 28:19,30 ESV

b.   Any youth that will live a pure life must be a youth who is with the Lord. V.2 says, the Lord is with you while you are with Him; if you seek Him He will be found by you, if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

This verse suggest to us that the Lord will not be with you if you do not first of all avail yourself for Him; the Lord will be hidden from you if you don’t look for Him and the Lord will forsake you if you forget about Him; Jesus Christ confirmatively declared in John 15 that any branch that abides not in the Lord will not bear fruit.

The ingredients for bearing fruit is supplied to the branches that are still attached to the tree not the once that has being cut off, in the same vain, the instrument that produces a life of purity in any youth is gotten from the presence of God, for any youth that refuses to seek the Lord, such will not be able to receive from the Lord this instrument that can transform his her life into the divine will of God. You will not be able to bear fruits of holiness and purity while you dislodge yourself from the Lord. It is in affirmation of this, with full knowledge of what will happen if one seeks not the Lord that the Psalmist cried out saying, o Lord I am seeking for You, not just anyhow but with complete seriousness because as for me, I am seeking You with my whole heart. The Message Bible puts it thus, ‘I am single-minded in the pursuit of you; don’t let me miss the road signs you have posted:’ this suggest that one can be seeking the Lord but not with full concentration thus being double minded while seeking the Lord and its implication is that he will miss the road signs, a that would have aided him in living a pure life; he would have missed the chance of knowing what it is that the Master desires.

Look at v.8 ‘And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD’

For king Asa to effectively seek God, he had to put away some irrelevant objects that have for long constituted to their not knowing God.

c.    Until our youths realize the need to put off the abominable acts of 21^st century youths, living a life of holiness and purity will almost be an impossible task while some will see it as something meant for only the aged who are no longer interested the youthful displays.

Truth be told, you cannot be fashion conscious, social media driven, entertainment inclined with your head filled with almost all the lyrics of every song of your age and your eyes feed with almost all the movies of your time especially the Korean and Philippines love series , then the home videos and others of such which only feed your mind and thoughts with feelings contrary to the will of God, causing you to live by their cravings and yet you expect those hearts of yours not to think about filthy things but produce righteousness and purity.

For Asa, he got rid of stuff like that which he considered a detriment to him seeking God, for you, a young man. What are you gonna do about it? This is what Mr. Hebrew had to say on this issue, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, Hebrews 12:1 NIV

For you a young man who desires to be pure or is considering being pure a hard nut to crack, you must start now to empty up your mind of all the abominable and idolatrous deeds of this age which has being widely accepted and start printing the word of God daily  in your heart.

Finally consider v.12,13 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; that whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

Asa and his people decided to offer their lives to God, it was actually a covenant they had which says that with all our heart we offer ourselves to you and anyone that will not serve you among us shall be put to death.

What does it actually mean to put someone to death? The Hebrew word used for death here muwth (mooth) comes from a primitive root which speaks of destroying. You will agree with me here that when someone dies, we become separated from that person for life. Hence to be put to death here is a way of saying that they should be completely separated from us since they will not serve the Lord with us.

d.   Any youth that must be pure before God must determine to seek the Lord with all his heart (i.e. with his feelings, emotions, thoughts, minds, desires, will and stuff like that) and should anything within or without that decides not to join him in seeking the Lord, he must completely separate himself from.

The Holy Scripture as Paul wrote it in Romans 12:1 calls every one of us to a life of service which should constitute of our lives being presented at the altar of God daily as a living sacrifice’s, one that must be alive not dead, holy and pleasing to the Lord; a sacrifice’s that can be done by not conforming to the world. Beloved, if you must live a pure life for Jesus Christ then you must get deformed for Him, you must completely separate from the worldly desires and passions that you may be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

May our God enrich your heart as you seek Him every day of your life. Amen

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PRACTICAL FEATURES OF LOVE

Hello and welcome to yet another time with the Lord on this platform. We want to trust the Lord for His guidance as we go on the study of today, knowing fully well that this topic cannot be exhausted in writing.

          The issue of Love is one of the most preached topics yet the less practiced, it is one of the most neglected when it comes to practicing and yet the most important aspect of the Christian life hence everything that Christian faith teaches are all a part of the Love nature of our God who has loved us.

          To teach love is to teach God and to live love is to live God’s life; sadly, only few have being encapsulated with this nature of God.

It will be important to note here that God will not compromise his standards for any man for he has sent us all to go out and love as he has loved us with the promise that he will come back to reward us all. The question here is when he comes, will you be found as a Christians who has faithfully loved as the Lord has commanded or will you be guilty of living a life of hate instead of love?

          God is demanding from everyone that call the name of Christ to be an embodiment of Love which he has first shown us in His Son Jesus Christ this year, for only the genuine love of Christ, the love called Agape, in the Greek terms, the Gods kind of love will grant us a massive victory in winning the souls of the unbelievers.

Today we will not be defining love but it will be important to note here that love is not just a word but an act; it is a practice which God has enjoined us all to practice without excuse.

Our text today will be the popular love text which Paul the Apostle has written to the Corinthians, 1 Corinthians 13. Paul had received an Oral report and a letter from the Corinthian Church. These revealed a church struggling with division, immorality, idolatry and theological confusion, he wrote them this letter so that they would become a true dwelling place for God’s Spirit, stay faithful to the gospel of Christ and be guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul has presented the Church to the People as the dwelling place of God’s Spirit thus the people that make up the Church should work for unity by building each other up.  (1:10-4:21, especially 3:10-16; 14:12)

Paul taught that Christians should endeavor to build up the Church in four practical ways which includes which includes:

·         Being sensitive to those with fragile faith (8:1-9:18; 10:28,33)

·         They should win unbelievers to the faith (9:19-23; 10:27, 32-33)

·         They should conduct the service in such a way that unbelievers might come to faith (14:16, 23-25); Gods demand here is that all our services must be aimed at bringing unbelievers to God. You will notice here that God is not concerned with the number of people in your Church but the saints you have made out of them.

Paul’s message of love was brought to its apex in Chapter 13 as he clearly taught that one without love works in vain for no service rendered to God without love will be recognized before God, thus Love is the essential part of the Christian faith.

Today we want to discuss the issue of love from verse 6 and 7 of chapter 13;

V6, 7 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. HCSB

The message bible rendered this verse thus; Doesn't revel (to take great pleasure in something) when others grovel (to indulge in something unworthy), Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, Puts up with anything, Trusts God always, Always looks for the best, Never looks back, But keeps going to the end.

Paul here said that this kind of love I am talking about does not rejoice in iniquity; what does it mean to rejoice in iniquity? Various translations of this very verse rendered this sentence thus;

“Love does not delight in evil NIV” hence this love is not happy when evil is reigning in the land, in the house or in the Church; maybe you are a father in the house of three kids with a maid girl and the mother of the house is ill-treating the maid girl, instead of you to do something about it, you join the cue by calling such a training or believing that the young girl deserves the kind of treatment he is receiving; listen, as long as you have done nothing about the situation, you are pleased with it, you are comfortable with it. Paul says here that the love which he speaks of does not feel comfortable when such is being done.

You are a Christian deep in faith but your children are almost wayward, dressing in a seductive way even in your presence but you don’t see anything wrong it rather you call it that they are expressing themselves; you even buy cloths that you looks ungodly for them to wear and you say that God looks at the heart, you sit down with them and watch home videos that teach nothing but violence, arouse lust, and deep urge for sexual feelings and you even laugh alongside with them while watching the movie, you are just encouraging great evil, Paul said that this love which comes from God does not do such.

Look at what the New American Standard Bible update edition had to say on this same sentence;

“does not rejoice in unrighteousness NASU” What does it mean to be righteous or unrighteous? The word righteousness in its simple understanding is doing things the right way thus this love does not glory in things that are not done in the right way. It means that there is a way that this love seeks to do things and that is the right way; she does not entangle herself with people that do things in the wrong way. And Paul said here in Romans 1:32 “Although they fully know1 God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.” Mark what the Bible says here, those who practice such things shall die, including those who approve of such things.

You may not be guilty of not training up your Children in the right way, but you are gladdened whenever someone you have considered an evil person encounters evil, like death or things like that, you may be involved in reigning down the holy ghost fire on your fellows humans because you have considered them evil, but what does the Bible say about such situations? Ezekiel 33:11 “Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but prefer that the wicked change his behavior and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds! Why should you die, O house of Israel?”

And 18:23 which says, “Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked, declares the sovereign LORD? Do I not prefer that he turn from his wicked conduct and live?” The love that God actually desires us to practice is that love that will like what the Lords like and do what he would have done.

In v.7 it writes thus, Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. HCSB

 The message Bible rendered it thus, “Puts up with anything, Trusts God always, Always looks for the best, Never looks back, But keeps going to the end”

This love that Paul is speaking off is the Love that can do the following:

1.   Put up with anything

2.   Trust God always

3.   Never looks back but looks for the best

4.   Keeps going to the end

Let us discuss the following now,

What does it mean to put up with anything? The Greek word “στέγω stego” which was translated as put up or beareth as the case may be figuratively means to cover with silence i.e. endure patiently, you will agree with me that one of the greatest problems that has affected us today in the church is lack of endurance, this is the same reason why some marriages today fall off thus you hear people say, for this thing you did, I can never forgive you; what has that man or woman done that you cannot forgive and overlook. Some women are not at peace with their mother inlaws because they have one thing or the other against her, some will say, when her son wanted to marry me, she rejected now that she is sick she want me to be the one bathing her, God forbid! Do you know that God will actually forbid but not the way you want it, he will forbid you entering His kingdom with such kind of unforgiving heart. You have divorced your husband or your wife with the reason that he or she has done something evil, but you have being doing all manners of evil and God is still keeping you hoping that you change. God’s love is one that will do what God will do if He is the one involved.

It is lack of trust on God that makes a man to divorce his wife, what situation have you faced that God cannot solve if you had trust Him? But because you do not trust God to solve that problem, you took actions that you thought is the solution to the problem.

The Love that God has given which Paul speaks of here is the love that puts up with any situation that comes his way trusting that God can make the best out of the ugly situation and not the love that takes decisions that are godless when they face situations of life.

Lastly, this ‘Keeps going to the end’ this sounds like a love that has a direction, a target, a love that has a focus and that is aimed at fulfilling that focus but what could be the focus of this love? 1 Cor. 15:1,2, “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain”

This love is the love that has believed in Jesus Christ and is hoping to meet with Him someday thus anything that has the capability of stopping this vision is kicked out. It is the love that has hope of eternal life and will not allow, rejoicing over iniquity, not bearing the issues of life, not believing to rob him of this eternal hope. Thus Paul ends this letter by saying, faith (believing the basis of this love) hopes (the vision of this love) and Love himself (the practice of this faith through the hope that His spirit gives) abides after every other thing has being done away with.

I want to ask you this day, what kind of Love do you practice? In our next topic, we will discuss further into this issue of love and its practical as God helps us.

Remain Blessed as you fix your hearts to love God and man. Amen

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THE LEADER (MALE OR FEMALE) AND SEXUAL EMOTIONS!

Dear brother,

Its becoming a source of huge concern to see our Brothers….Spirit-filled,tongue-talking struggling with immorality especially Christian Leaders. Its shameful,it shouldn’t be mentioned in public that a Youth Pastor raped a member of the Choir……or Church leaders abusing members of their congregation. It should not be heard in Church! No!it should not be found in Church! The ground and pillar of Truth, The Body of Christ! These days I will get skeptical if any of my girls tell me she is going to see her Pastor….why? I have seen countless cases of abuse from such visits!

What exactly is the problem? These brothers are anointed but lack self-control!

Proverbs 25:28 reveals something very vital…….

'Like a city that is broken down and without walls [leaving it unprotected] Is a man who has no self-control over his spirit [and sets himself up for trouble].' indiscipline is the root cause of immorality!!!

What do we do?

1.  Identify your weaknesses! Stop trying to cover this part of you….identify it and deal with it! There is nothing good about a sexual weakness. Don’t feed it! Master it! You mustn’t counsel ladies!

2.  There are certain issues you should hand over to Female leaders to handle!  Stop putting yourself under pressure! Sometimes I wonder why Brothers would rather mentor all the ladies in Church…..brothers need help too

3. Keep your counseling official! Don’t build anything personal. Stop all those distracting discussions!......where are you? Have you eaten? What are you wearing? I love your voice….brother is that part of your calling? Such discussions are not neccessary

4.  Respect and honor the calling of God upon your life! Don’t drag His name to the mud. If you are burning….please marry! If you are married, enjoy your wife and if you are married and still lusting after others ladies….please cry out for help! You need the word therapy!

Dear Choir Director….face your Ministry…….stay pure

Dear Youth Pastor…..Face your Ministry……..stay pure

Dear Pastor,Apostle, Evangelist etc……Face your ministry…..stay pure

5.  Avoid counseling behind close doors. I know you are strong Man of God but you see we are people of passions…….anything’ seeable ‘ can trigger and put a man in the mood…..keep the doors and window open for proper ventilation and easy escape(lols)

Be self-controlled!

The ability is inside! The church should be the one teaching the world sexual sanity! I understand the temptations knocking your door daily but you are more than able to overcome these temptations (No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it 👉1 CORITHIANS 10:13).

Don’t mind those sisters wearing clothes revealing hips, boobs and contours…… you will see these everyday, everywhere…..but filter your thought! Guard your heart! Be like Joseph who saw immorality as GREAT WICKEDNESS AGAINST GOD (Gen 39:9) and Job who made covenant with his eyes (Job 31:1)

The Grace of God is sufficient for thee!!!!! Choose to stay pure! Your body is God’s temple too. I believe in your ministry.

Avoid unnecessary touching and hugging.... These are triggers!

DEAR SISTER

I understand Females are wired to always want to be loved….that desire can sometimes drive us to be funny and do everything to receive love…. But you see our wiring should not take common sense out of us. Our brothers can be funny but Hey we are smart!!!!

1. You don’t need a male mentor to be successful in life. There are far too many Wonderful Women of God in the kingdom who can mentor you! And if you insist  it has to be a man….please keep it official. Stop confusing our brothers….” Good evening Pastor, have you eaten? How was your day? Tell me something about you no one knows(are you his wife or mother?….nonsense)……Pastor I have this emotional issue, I can’t sleep at night, I will just be thinking of man…..sister I don’t understand this discussion because I choose not to understand! I will strongly recommend you discuss sex-related issues with female mentors…..You will be putting that brother in a tight corner!

2.  Dress as decent as possible for counseling session!

Why should you wear crop top and mini skirt for counseling???? (Signs and symptoms of a bad shide.... Lols).... Your plan will not work!!!!

We know you have a good skin... Keep that body inside a decent cloth! We don't want to see it!!!

3. Don't be a fool in the name of mentorship. You went to your Pastor's house and he started touching you..... My sister!!!! Run for your life!!!! If it's becoming abuse......Change church!!! Don't sit there and be saying.... 'Awwwwww Pastor stop naw.... They will catch us o....' that wasn't abuse.... It's called partnership! You wanted it! Don't allow anyone talk you into sin. Avoid unnecessary calls and discussions..... Keep your discussion official. You know when the counseling session is becoming romancing session.... Don't wait! Don't wait! Flee like Joseph!!!!

The flesh will try to fight!! But keep it subject to your Spirit!!!! Keep meditating on the word..... Saturate your heart with the Word!!!!! Your Body will willingly yield! It has got no choice!!!!

I trust this post blesses/convicts you!!!!!

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Beloved, the root cause of our many problems is deep rooted in sin_ a life of partnership with the devil. 

Dear, hear this, being born again is one thing and living the life of a born again Christian is another: as a child of God, He has given you the power and authority over all devils, therefore, it is time to arise and take your rightful position in Christ Jesus. Lord Jesus, help us to realize who we are and the dimension of power we should be operating in Jesus Christ name Amen. Have a peaceful weekend, God's righteousness. 

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LET THE YOUTHS THAT WANT TO BE PURE OBEY HIM

Hello and welcome to this blog where we give in to the study of the word of God which alone is God’s instrument for changing lives.

Today, we want to consider some few chapters and verses of the scripture; as you come along with us, we pray that God’s word will be made alive in your spirit in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Psalm 119:9

How can young people keep their lives pure? By obeying your commands. GNB

This scripture remains one of the Psalms that deals expressly with the issue of how the word of God should be applied in the life of men; throughout this chapter, emphasis were laid on the word of God and man’s attitude towards it.

Psalm 119 has the total number of twenty-two parts of eight verses each; these twenty-two parts bears the name of the twenty-two Hebrew letters thus the Hebrew alphabet were represented in this Psalm. It is a Psalm that celebrates the gift of God’s law as the perfect guide for life; its theme is echoed in Psalms 19, deriving its wisdom from Psalms 1 and 112 which reads thus:

Happy are those who reject the advice of evil people, who do not follow the example of sinners or join those who have no use for God.  Instead, they find joy in obeying the Law of the LORD, and they study it day and night; Praise the LORD! Happy is the person who honours the LORD, who takes pleasure in obeying his commands.  The good man's children will be powerful in the land; his descendants will be blessed.

Psalms 119 voices a deep desire that one’s personal life would reflect the loveliness and goodness of the law.

V. 9 of this Psalm asked a very important question that demands a carefully calculated answer thus one should count his teeth with his tongue before jumping into answering this critical question even though it looks simple.

It will be important to note here that the question asked by the Psalmist is a research question which implies that v. 9 is a pointer to a problem that has being in existence (the research problem); brcause there would not have been need to ask this question if there is not a problem noticed.

Furthermore, this question draws ones attention to the issues regarding young people an issue which has become a problem in the society affecting both the elderly and the minors; an issue that has grown to a state of general acceptance as something that is right and OK for the youths but not to the psalmist because for him, it is an issue that demands a thoughtful questioning and critical answering.

What could this issue be? 
It was the issue of uncleanliness among youths. The writer of this psalm must have discovered in his generation that there is a high level of moral decrease among youths, the hunger and taste for right living (living a pure life) seemed to be lost among them.

Similarly, in many communities today, the youths have gone back to celebrating masquerades; reviving the ancient traditions that anchors on the worship of idols while some resulted to making modern idols for themselves knowingly and unknowingly by the means of disregarding anything that has to do with church, e.g. prayer, study of the word of God, submitting themselves to thorough disciple classes but rather see these things as distractions while their Facebook, Whatsapp, Telegram, IMO, Twitter, Instagram, and many other social media you can think of,  fashions, unchristian movies and music gets their full attention as these things appeals to them more than any activity that is linked to the church.

Some other youths have delegated their lives to several kinds of immoral acts most especially sexual acts; it is in the midst of all these that the Psalmist asked, how can a young man “live a clean life” MSG.

This question deals with the life of uncleanliness and sin that the youths so much cherish, it is a pointer to the need for a young man to live a life that is different from that of the world but focused on God.

In answering this questing, the psalmist said; “by carefully reading the map of your word” MSG while ESV renders it thus, “by guarding it (his life) according to your word”. 

This answer suggest that the life of a youth is in the midst of a cross road and thus needs a direction; it speaks of the fact that a youths life is at the middle of the sea in a ship and only with the right compass will this ship find its way to the shore.

Read carefully the second part of this verse nine and you will discover the compass that has being provided by God, His word; a compass that must be carefully watched so as to get an accurate direction from it. This may also mean that if this compass is not watched with carefulness it will not offer solution or direction.

Today many girls and boys have being deceived even with the word of God because they have failed to carefully read the map of God’s word to discover the direction it is leading them to. Some have read this map and it said go east but they went west, to some it said don’t move but they moved.

The psalmist here points out the attitude that every young person that wants to live a pure life must put on while trying to read this map which is the word of God and it is that he must obey, he must allow this compass to guide and direct him.

Beloved, have you being reading the word of God but you have not allowed the word of God to Guide you?  Do you not know that you are at the middle of the sea and if careful attention is not paid to this compass which is the word of God, you will end up in the Bermuda triangle instead of the shore?  

Jesus Christ is calling you today to look up to Him and you will surely reach home.

Let us consider the areas of our life this compass which is the word of God is expected to be allowed by a young person to have complete control of;

V. 11 I keep your law in my heart, so that I will not sin against you. GNB

The English Standard Version renders it thus:

I have stored up your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. ESV

CONSIDER carefully these scripture; the psalmist said here, because I want to be clean and holy, because I want to live a pure life; I have stored up your word in my heart, because I don’t want to sin against you, I have placed your word in my heart. MSG puts it this way, “I have banked your promises in the vault of my heart”.

Notice here that the psalmist did not store the word of God in his brain, his spinal cord or his stomach; he did not even store it in his blood but his heart, that makes me to ask, why the heart?

Also from the ESV rendition, you will discover that the psalmist used the word “stored up” what does it mean to store up? It seems like this phrase suggest that the word was not stored to the half, middle or part of his heart but to the brim; by implication, this word has being stored to the fullest of his heart.

Coming back to the first question, why the heart?  In heart series, I pointed out that the Bible makes use of the word heart figuratively to represent the emotions, feelings, desires, thoughts, mind, will etc. in addition, I asserted that the heart is the center of a man’s life hence in it flows the issues of life; the Psalmist understood this very well thus he stated, I have stored up your word in my emotions, my feelings, my desires, my thoughts, my will, and my mind so that I might not sin against you.

One of the problems that Youths face today which is the genesis of diverse impurities and uncleanliness among them lies in the heart of man. 

You will discover that when the feelings of a young one is corrupted with desires for the opposite sex;  his thoughts will focus on how to carry out an immoral act of fornication; when the thoughts of a young man is not right, his desires cannot be right and so will his will never be right.

So the psalmist says here before my feelings and emotions gets stored up with sexual desires I have filled it with your word so that there will be no space for sexual desires; before my emotions, thoughts get carried away; I have stored up every space with your word.

The psalmist says here that the reason for impurities among youths is simply because their feelings, emotions, thoughts, will, mind, and desires has being filled with the wrong compass nevertheless he that wants to be pure must first of all store up these spaces with the word of God so that he will not sin against God.

Beloved, can you ask your self what it’s that has filled your heart, Jesus is saying to someone here, that you cannot be filled with lust and expect to be pure, NO! For lust is a wrong compass which can only lead one to destruction; you cannot be filled with unguided desires for fashion and be holy as well.

What does it mean to be pure?
You will discover that the use of this sentence how can a young man be pure is same as saying, how can a young man be different from his mates? Thus to be pure means to be clean from within, free from defects and wholly set aside from impurities.

Have you being living the life of the multitude which has introduced impurities into your life? Has your life all the way being a manifestation of the world system? The Lord is saying that you need to be pure; you need to be different.

However, you cannot be different except you first of all unyoke yourself from the multitude and be filled with his word, God’s Word.

Some youths are filled with the lyrics of ungodly and unchristian songs, some are filled with the imaginations of sexual desires but God says you cannot be holy with those things in place in your heart; therefore you need to empty your heart (emotions, feelings, desires, thoughts, will, mind) from these things and be filled with the word of God allowing it to guide and lead you to the shore where you will be saved.

Empty yourself today at the feet of Jesus and you will be blessed with eternal life. Amen.

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