An Encouragement to Youth
When I was 17 and beginning to get serious about my faith, there was one Bible verse that bothered me. It was John 14:12, which says, “I tell you the truth, that anyone who has faith in me will do what I am doing.”
That’s a pretty big statement! To do what Jesus and his disciples did means to step out of our comfort zones for sure. It means to spread the Good News to people we come in contact with. It means to live out the Gospel.
I see young adults today get discouraged with so many options for what to do with their lives, and not enough clear direction. As one young man put it, “I almost feel paralyzed by the amount of college majors to choose from—let alone jobs.”
There has been an increase in depression in people in their teens and twenties, and I’m sure that feeling uncertain about what to do with your life only adds to the other stress involved in growing up.
But here is one reason why I love Jesus: in John 14:12, He tells us exactly what we ought to do with our lives. He tells us that if we love him, we ought to model ourselves after him. By sharing the Good News, and by living it out in our lives.
Wherever you are today, with whatever decisions you have to make about your education or job—know that in any position, God calls us, as believers, to do what Jesus did.
So join me today in sharing the Good News.
“To do what Jesus and his disciples did means to step out of our comfort zones for sure. It means to spread the Good News to people we come in contact with.”
John 14:12
“Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.”