Je Mungu anajali maisha ya kijana? Na. 2 (Does God care about the life of a young person? No. 2)
Session 2: God wants you to enjoy your youth
Eccl 11:9 “Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart and in the visions of your eyes; but know that for all these God will bring you into judgment.”
KEY POINTS TO CONSIDER
1. See the beauty and benefits of being young – youth is not a problem – God worked with Adam in many ways before he got married. He gave him many responsibilities when he was still single.
God wants your youth to be respected. 1 Tim 4:12 “Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity.” Avoid pornography and masturbation.
The beauty of youth is strength, time, few responsibilities, freedom, etc. Proverbs 20:29 “The glory of young men is their strength, and the splendor of old men is their gray hair.”
David Goliath when he was a young man.
The Lord Jesus did his great work as a young man for 3 and a half years of his youth.
2. Have a vision – have a big picture of the future.
Acts 2:17 “It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy; your young men will see visions; your old men will dream dreams.”
So set goals for yourself: Do things that will be difficult after you get married.
Even weddings should not be planned to please people but to please your spouse.
Rev 21:2 “And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”
- Don’t accept a luxurious wedding that leaves you in debt, stress, or poverty.
Even married people must have goals and a deadline. For example, I planned that I would build my house before my first child completes primary education and acquire my doctoral degree before I turn 40.
3. Protect yourself – Be ready to take responsibility if you make bad decisions – know that God will bring you to judgment.
Gen 39:7-9 “7 After these things, his master’s wife longed for Joseph and said to him, “Lie with me.” 8 But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has in my hand. 9 There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he withheld anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How could I do this great wickedness and sin against God?” - Joseph followed reason rather than emotion.
Kipindi cha 2: Mungu anataka ufurahie ujana wako
(Mhu 11:9 “Wewe kijana, uufurahie ujana wako, na moyo wako ukuchangamshe siku za ujana wako, ukaziendee njia za moyo wako, na katika maono ya macho yako, lakini ujue wewe ya kwamba kwa ajili ya hayo yote Mungu atakuleta hukumuni.”)
MAMBO YA MSINGI KUZINGATIA
1. Ona uzuri na faida za kuwa kijana – ujana sio tatizo – Mungu alifanya kazi na Adamu kwa mambo mengi kabla hajaoa. Alimpa majukumu mengi akiwa peke yake.
Mungu anataka ujana wako uheshimiwe. 1 Tim 4:12 " Mtu awaye yote asiudharau ujana wako, bali uwe kielelezo kwao waaminio, katika usemi na mwenendo, na katika upendo na imani na usafi.” Epuka ponografia na punyeto.
Uzuri wa ujana ni nguvu, muda, majukumu machache, uhuru nk Mithali 20:29 “Fahari ya vijana ni nguvu zao, Na uzuri wa wazee ni kichwa chenye mvi.”
Daudi alimuua dubu, simba na Goliati akiwa kijana.
Bwana Yesu alifanya kazi yake kubwa akiwa kijana. Alitumia miaka 3 na nusu ya ujana wake.
2. Uwe na maono – uwe na picha kubwa ya baadaye.
Mdo 2:17 “Itakuwa siku za mwisho, asema Mungu, nitawamwagia watu wote Roho yangu, na wana wenu na binti zenu watatabiri; na vijana wenu wataona maono; na wazee wenu wataota ndoto.”
Hivyo jiwekee malengo: Kabla ya kuoa au kuolewa, fanya mambo fulani ambayo itakuwa vigumu ukiwa kwenye ndoa.
Usiandae harusi ili kufurahisha watu bali kumfurahisha mwenzi wako.
Ufu 21:2 “Nami nikauona mji ule mtakatifu, Yerusalemu mpya, ukishuka kutoka mbinguni kwa Mungu, umewekwa tayari, kama bibi-arusi aliyekwisha kupambwa kwa mumewe.”
- Usikubali harusi ya kifahari inayokuacha na madeni, presha, umaskini au majuto.
Hata waliooa lazima wawe na malengo na tarehe ya mwisho (dead line). Mfano, mimi nilipanga kwamba kabla mtoto wa kwanza hajamaliza elimu ya msingi niwe na nyumba, kabla ya kufikisha miaka 40 niwe nimesoma hadi shahada ya uzamivu (udaktari) nk
3. Ujilinde - Uwe tayari kuwajibika ukifanya maamuzi mabaya – ujue Mungu atakuleta hukumuni.
Mwa 39:7-9 “7 Ikawa baada ya mambo hayo, mke wa bwana wake akamtamani Yusufu, akamwambia, Lala nami. 8 Lakini akakataa, akamwambia mke wa bwana wake, Tazama, bwana wangu hajui kitu kilichowekwa kwangu nyumbani, na vyote alivyo navyo amevitia mkononi mwangu. 9 Hakuna mkuu katika nyumba hii kuliko mimi, wala hakunizuilia kitu cho chote ila wewe, kwa kuwa wewe u mkewe. Nifanyeje ubaya huu mkubwa nikamkose Mungu?”
Dr. Lawi Mshana, Facilitator and Mentor, +255712924234, Tanzania
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