This quote is from a sermon entitled, “Let No One Despise You for Your Youth” (you can watch it here). Of course, if you are wasting your teen years with video games, texting, or over studying (that’s right over studying), you’ve earned it. But there are ways to show adults that you can do great things for the sake of God’s kingdom.
“God is doing some unusual things in our day among young people. And we want to harness all the good impulses of grace and be a part of this awakening. For example, Alex and Brett Harris just published their book, Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion against Low Expectations. It’s their father who will give the final message in this series. They started The Rebelutionwhen they were sixteen. Now at nineteen they are doing conferences on the theme and will be in Minneapolis to partner with us for a citywide conference in June. They begin their book to teenagers like this:
Most people don’t expect you to understand what we’re going to tell you in this book. And even if you understand, they don’t expect you to care. And even if you care, they don’t expect you to do anything about it. And even if you do something about it, they don’t expect it to last. Well, we do. (p. 3)
The point is, the usual adult expectations for youth are too low. And these twins are out to raise them. We believe that is the right direction to move.”
If you don’t have anything better to do, watch the whole thing.
Photo by Shavar Ross
