{"id":697,"date":"2015-01-14T18:37:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T00:37:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-07-12T12:15:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T17:15:29","slug":"just-a-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tide4christ.ua.edu\/?p=697","title":{"rendered":"Just a Kid?"},"content":{"rendered":"
“If the wind won’t serve, take to the oars.”<\/div>\n
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I believe it\u2019s inherent in human nature to find reasons to avoid doing things we should do. We\u2019re procrastinators by nature, and the best way to procrastinate is to decide that what needs doing isn\u2019t our job in the first place.<\/div>\n
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One of the biggest excuses we have as college students is just that: we\u2019re college students. \u201cI\u2019ll lead the church in the future; I don\u2019t have to do it now.\u201d \u201cMy parents are the ones who are in charge; the church doesn\u2019t need me when there are so many other able bodies.\u201d \u201cI\u2019ll take the reins when it\u2019s my turn; it\u2019s not my job now.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m just a kid.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Besides the fact that Paul tells Timothy to not let anyone despise his youth (1 Tim. 4:12), there\u2019s a pretty big roadblock to using \u201cI\u2019m just a kid\u201d as an excuse to not serve God now: Jesus was also \u201cjust\u201d a kid. The recorded part of His ministry began when He was around 30 and ended around age 33, making Him still a pretty young guy by our life expectancy standards.<\/div>\n
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Kenny Chesney sings a song entitled \u201cJust a Kid.\u201d Read the lyrics:<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Well the news spread through Jerusalem, tonight a child is born<\/div>\n
There are shepherds falling to their knees, and Angels blowing horns<\/div>\n
But in their golden halls the Pharisees<\/div>\n
Scoffed and drank their wine<\/div>\n
They said it’s only Hebrew prophecy<\/div>\n
We don’t care and besides He just a kid<\/div>\n
That’s all He is<\/div>\n
One more pebble in the gravel<\/div>\n
One more rumor in the rabble<\/div>\n
How can He be king?<\/div>\n
He’s just a kid<\/div>\n
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Well in no time He seen the world was knocking on His door<\/div>\n
Performed miracles and wonders they had never see before<\/div>\n
Soon the Pharisees stopped laughing<\/div>\n
The silver sun was paid<\/div>\n
And near the end He knelt down in the garden and He prayed:<\/div>\n
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I’m just a kid<\/div>\n
That’s all I am<\/div>\n
I’ll need Your strength to see me through it<\/div>\n
But if it is Your will I’ll do it<\/div>\n
But how can I be king?<\/div>\n
I’m just a kid<\/div>\n
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Now I think about the Baby and the Man at Christmas time<\/div>\n
Of mothers, sons and fathers and children just like mine<\/div>\n
About the power in unselfishness, love and sacrifice<\/div>\n
The Gift that we were given and the price<\/div>\n
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And how the news spread through Jerusalem, tonight a child is born<\/div>\n
There are shepherds falling to their knees, and angels blowing horns<\/div>\n
I wonder how on Earth the Pharisees<\/div>\n
could scoff and drink their wine<\/div>\n
And say He’s only Hebrew prophecy<\/div>\n
We don’t care and besides He’s just a kid<\/div>\n
That’s all He is<\/div>\n
One more pebble in the gravel<\/div>\n
One more rumor in the rabble<\/div>\n
And how can He be king? He’s just a kid<\/div>\n
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The thing about saying we\u2019re just kids is that if Jesus didn\u2019t get to use that as an excuse, why should we? If we\u2019re called to be like Him, why wouldn\u2019t we expect to work every day that we\u2019re given, no matter our age?<\/div>\n
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The song is right: Jesus was just a kid. A kid who was about His Father’s business from the start (Luke 2:49). A kid who ate with sinners, regardless of what other people thought of it (Matthew 9:10).\u00a0 A kid who carried my cross every day of His life. If He did that for me, why wouldn\u2019t I work for Him every day of mine? Jesus was just a kid. But He was, and is, a king. And we’re heirs to the same throne because of what was done for us (Romans 8:17).<\/div>\n
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There will always be a reason not to serve God. But those reasons don\u2019t outweigh the benefits of service. The starting point to serving God doesn\u2019t come when you get your degree and you \u201cgrow up.\u201d There\u2019s actually not a true starting line, but there will be a finish line, and we don\u2019t know when we\u2019ll cross it. There\u2019s too much good to be done in the world to wait until we aren\u2019t kids anymore, because we\u2019re always going to be kids. We\u2019re children of the King.<\/div>\n
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\u201cIf not you, who? If not now, when?\u201d<\/div>\n
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https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4WYHcI0sZJI<\/a><\/div>\n
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Gillian Richard<\/p>\n
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