Yesterday I was referencing 1 Timothy 4:12 “Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity” and mentioned that this one didn’t seem to be much of a worry for me these days.
I’d been visiting our new Woolworths supermarket when a shop assistant came around and offered me a free Coca-Cola yo-yo ‘for my grandchildren’. Grandson Elijah was nowhere in sight.
I look like someone who has grandchildren…
Of course there is still an application of the verse though. People will always be inclined to have a reason why they can discount what they’re being taught from the Bible.
While you can be considered too young to have experience, you can also be so old you’re out of touch.
If you’re single you don’t understand family life, but if you’re married you have no understanding of being on your own.
A young family or no children means you have no authority in family life and parenting while grown children mean you have no idea about the challenges facing parents today.
The list goes on and on.
The answer is the same.
Demonstrate an ongoing commitment to the authority of the Bible, live a life consistent with its teaching, do so valuing relationships, trust in God’s goodness and be rock solid in integrity.
Be an adornment to the truth of Scripture, but, in the end, people aren’t trusting you, they have to trust the Scriptures.
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