Today's Daily Bread
Just Kids
After high school, Darrell Blizzard left the orphanage where he
grew up to join the US Army Air Corps. World War II was in full swing,
and soon he faced responsibilities usually given to older and more
experienced men. He told a reporter years later that a four-mule plow
team was the biggest thing he’d driven before he became the pilot of a
four-engine B-17. Now in his late eighties, he said, “We were all just
kids flying those things.”
In the Bible, we find accounts of many people who followed God
courageously when they were young. In a situation of corrupt spiritual
leadership, “Samuel ministered before the Lord,
even as a child” (1 Sam. 2:18). David faced the giant Goliath in spite
of being told, “You are not able to go against this Philistine . . . for
you are a youth” (17:33). Mary, the mother of Jesus, was most likely
very young when she was told she would bear the Son of God. She
responded to the angel’s announcement by saying, “Let it be to me
according to your word” (Luke 1:38). Paul told the young pastor Timothy,
“Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers” (1
Tim. 4:12).
God values each one in His family. In His strength, the young can be
bold in their faith, while those who are older can encourage those who
are “just kids.”
O Lord of all the upward road,
Keep strong our youth, we pray;
May age and youth together seek
To follow in Thy way. —Niedermeyer
Keep strong our youth, we pray;
May age and youth together seek
To follow in Thy way. —Niedermeyer
Encouraging the young should never become old.
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