Chapter 11
Heart
Do not be afraid or unimportant for being young, it is not an obstacle in a relationship with Jesus. All it comes down to is the state of our hearts. So we must ask ourselves a few questions. How bright does it shine? How hungry and tender is it? Does it welcome Jesus…or the world? As the bible states: God does not look at the outward appearance, he looks at the heart. (1 Samuel 16:7)
Time
In time, things wither away and perish, those are known and wealthy are forgotten…in time. Time is the one thing we cannot sell, cannot buy and cannot stop. It can be perceived as fast or slow; deadly or graceful, but all in all it is longingly feared. It is something we cannot control and we never know when out time will stop…like a ticking bomb waiting to go off at any second. TICK…TICK…TICK…BOOM. When our time is up and we are standing before the throne of judgement―did we use our time faithfully or did we take it for granted?
God's House Vs My House
We cannot let ourselves be clouded by pride and vanity for we are not put in this life to build ourselves up. We are in a place where we belong to Jesus and believe in his training, because who is perfect but him? Our main importance is not to lift up our title, but to look towards the house of God. By edifying our own home, the house we have started to construct with the Lord will wear and crumbled away. Then, as we keep going, full of pride and self-importance, God's foundation will finally collapse and the narrow path we were walking upon will be lost. To prevent from straying away from God, we must remember the favourable things he does and will do for us. He is our good good father after all.