SERVE GOD IN YOUR YOUTH

SESSION 1# Why Serve God in Your Youth?

Scripture is clear that we should serve God but why serve God is a more complicated question. A
common question many teenagers have is why serve God instead of living however they want.
I’ve turned to scripture to answer this and there are also some benefits of serving God that are
worth being mentioned. Here’s what I’ve found in my studies.

1. Serving God in Your Youth Sets You On the Right Path

- The first reason you should serve God in your youth is presented in Proverbs 22:6
(CSB).” Start a youth out on his way; even when he grows old he won’t depart from
it.”
- This verse shows that how you are raised, how you behave, and the habits you form
in your youth have an influence on who you will be as an adult. This influence can be
either positive or negative depending on how you’re living now. When you serve God
in your youth, you’re preparing yourself to live righteously as an adult as well.

2. Serve Got Because He Knows What is Best For You

- Secondly, you should serve God in your youth because God knows what is best for
you. As a teenager, and even into adulthood, you have no way of knowing or even
comprehending what is best for your life. How could you? You don't know what
possibilities the future holds for you or how each decision you make will impact those
possibilities. But God does. Isaiah 55:8-9 says “For my thoughts are not your
thoughts, and your ways are not my ways.' This is the Lord's declaration. ‘For as
heaven is higher than earth, so my ways are higher than your ways, and my thoughts
than your thoughts.”
- One of the benefits of serving God is that He will reveal His will for you. When you
trust God and follow His will, there is no longer a need to worry. There is no need to
worry about whether things will work out, whether you're making the right decision,
etc.

3. Serve God Because God Can Make Even Bad Things Results in Good

- Serving God in your youth does not guarantee you a life without trouble. (I can
personally attest to this!) Serving God in your youth does mean that even when
trouble comes, God can bring something good out of it (something else I can
personally attest to). Another benefit of serving God is that when you focus on
 serving God, the troubles of life don't seem all that discouraging. You're able to look
at life from a new perspective and see things from a new point of view.
- We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, who are
called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28

4. Serve God in Your Youth Because of the Joy in Brings

- One last reason you should strive to serve the Lord in your youth is because of the
simple joy of serving God. Romans 15:13 says, “Now may the God of hope fill you
with all joy and peace as you believe so that you may overflow with hope by the
power of the Holy Spirit.”
- The joy of serving God is not something easily explained, but when you live your life
for God He gives you a sense of peace that surpasses all understanding (Philippians
4:7). So another one of the benefits of serving God is with God on your side there’s
no need to worry; you can simply find joy in each and every day.