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I’ve always wanted to find something in writing that represents my aspirations as a follower of Christ.  One verse in the bible has always stood out among the others.  I think it represents this current phase of my life more than anything else.

1 Timothy 4:12 // ¹²Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.

The 54th book of the Bible, the fourth book, and the twelfth verse.

That’s it.  I could go my entire life on that one verse and never open the bible again.  I wouldn’t advise that of course, but consider this:

As someone that is still “learning the ropes” in life, so to speak, I’ve been given an incredible opportunity to alter the course of my generation.  My perspective has deeply changed over the past year or so.  My generation is living their lives with an entirely different outlook on life.  Their view of purpose, or self-worth, is the backwards representation of God’s definition of purpose.

Why would I want to go on living like every other teen, when I can live with a renewed sense of purpose while carrying out God’s desire for my life?

Don’t get me wrong, living for Christ is difficult for me.  It will never be easy.  We were never promised a path without struggle.  I heard a Pastor say once, “The process is the point.”  If God wanted living for Him to be easy, why would He allow sin to permeate the world we live in?

On the days when I feel it would be easier to just give up and fall into the same fate as so many others, I turn to that verse.  1 Timothy 4:12.  Set an example.

How can I set an example if I won’t leave the crowd?