Youths Walking the Old Path in a Modern World
- CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD
- May 20
- 4 min read
Updated: May 21
We associate the Bible with ancient days but have we ever stopped to think that the happenings in the Bible occurred during a specific modern time. Therefore, let us examine a few youths who walked the old path in a modern world.
Jacob: He knew the value of hard work and he knew what he wanted and he was deeply in love. He was so much in love that he worked fourteen years for the woman of his choice.
Moses: He was born in Egypt and was reared in the midst of idolatry when he was adopted by Pharaoh's daughter. Despite his contaminated environment he was unspotted by their idolatry. He could do whatever he like but he rather suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.
Joseph: His brothers coveted him yet he loved them. They sold him into slavery yet his heart was pure towards them. Potiphar’s wife wanted to commit adultery with him but he resisted. He said, ‘how can I do this wicked thing and sin against my God.’ She accused him of rape and he was sent to prison. God released him from prison and used him to save the Egyptians and people from surrounding lands including his brothers from starving to death. He was elevated from being a prisoner to become one of the highest rank leader in Egypt.
Miriam: She dutifully and loving kept watch over her brother while he was in a basket on the Nile River. She knew she could be punished if it was known that she was protecting a child which should have been killed but she faithfully carried out her duty. She was anointed by God as a Prophetess and was one of the leaders who took the Israelites out of Egypt. (Micah 6:4)
Samson: He was specially called by God. He went where he should not have gone and entered into relationships which were forbidden by God. He suffered at the hands of the woman who enticed then deceived him. In his last hours he cried unto God and God gave him strength to kill his tormentors. He died with them. He single- handedly killed more men than any other persons. All whom he killed were idolaters. Read Judges 16
Samuel: When God need a man the little boy, Samuel, was available. He was God’s faithful and dedicated Prophet. While he was living in the temple, Eli’s sons were committing fornication and other forms of sin. He could have been swayed but he was true to God. He maintained his spiritual integrity. He became one of God’s foremost prophets.
Jesus: He said that His meat was to do His Father’s will. From a tender age He began teaching God’s word to everyone within His reach. He suffered terrible abuse, many who do not suffer as much as He had have fallen into depression or develop low self-esteem but He did not because His confidence was in His Father. He is our Example of strength and righteousness. He is the epitome of obedience.
Isaac: He knew that his father, Abraham, was going to sacrifice him yet he went willingly. God did not allow Abraham to sacrifice him but his obedience is a lesson to us. Today the Scriptures speak highly about him; he is a true example.
Jephthah’s daughter: Her father made a vow to God that if God gave him victory against the Ammonites he would sacrifice whatsoever met him at his house door. He got the victory and when he was returning his only child met him at the door. She assisted her father in obeying God by willingly giving up a normal life for one which would be spent in spinsterhood.
David: He trusted God. As an adolescent he killed Goliath. He wanted to build God’s house and when God told him no he began to accumulate the material so that Solomon would have an easier task when building God’s. house He was a man after God’s heart. He was a prolific writer and have left much to us in writing.
Josiah: He became King of Israel at age eight. He inherited a kingdom that had gone away from God but his heart was set to lead the people back to God. In the midst of challenges he led the people in godliness. He was an agent of positive change and created a great reformation in Judah.
The Little Maid: She was in slavery in a foreign land but she kept her faith; she remembered the God Israel. She told the Syrians about God’s healing power and encouraged them to go to Israel so that Naaman could be healed from leprosy.
Jeremiah: God called him as a child. He became one of the most renown messengers of God. He suffered immensely but he remained a stalwart in holiness.
The lad: He was there with the hungry multitude and he could have eaten his food alone but he chose to give it away. He had five loaves and two small fish and he willingly gave them away. Jesus used them to feed about five thousand persons and gathered twelve baskets of left over.
Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah: They made the Babylonians aware of the power of God. They were in slavery yet they refused to disobey God and obey their captors.
Now that you have learnt how these youths behaved in their adverse situation I am sure that you have realised that your situation is not unique. Whatever the situation you must be faithful to God.
Writer - A. E. Fisher
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