Society says as young people we are lazy, naive, rebellious, and followers not leaders. The world does not expect much from us as young people and that has transferred over to the church. We are told we need to follow other's examples not be the examples. The bible has very different things to say, and I'm hoping as a young christian myself at 22 years old I can help other young Christians strive to be leaders not followers, to be servants not those who are served, to find worth in God's eyes not the world's eyes. 1 Timothy 4: 12 says, "Don'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."
About me: My name is Caleb I am 22 years old and I recently graduated from Pepperdine University. I am not a young person who has been rejected by society so I am lashing out, quite the opposite. I found myself in college to be a part of the world, I drank, I partied, I went on spring break trips to Mexico, I was in a fraternity, I even modeled professionally in LA for a while. What I realized is that some where along the way I had succumbed to the World's expectations of what a college student should be and put God on the back burner. My mind set was that I had time to be a good Christian and an example when I was older, I realize now that there's no better time to serve God and be an example then the now. I have rededicated my life to Christ and helping young people do the same. I am a pseudo college intern at my church and can't wait to see the way God will challenge me.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
I want to start by saying I was pretty much your same exact situation but when i Was 19-21. I saw myself slowly slip into the drinking scene because my friends did it even though I was a Christian. At first I justified by saying I won’t drink but I’ll just hang out with them, and then it became okay I’ll have a drink but that’s all and pretty soon it was me getting drunk at parties with my friends. If you really care about God and love and trust in him, you need to realize that your eternal acceptance is much more important than your societal acceptance. Drinking is not gonna lead you in a good direction, trust me I know from personal experience. Let’s be honest the reason you are drinking is to fit in, it’s not like liquor tastes great or is nutritious. I am going to give you a straight answer and you probably won’t like it but I don’t believe in sugar coating things because I think people do that too much with Christianity. Cut off those friendships if they are leading you in this direction. Or if they are good enough friends tell them you will not drink with them or be around them when they are drinking because of your Christian values. Friends will influence you no matter what, its your choice whether they influence you positively or negatively. If you are around those friends still you will give into the temptation, so I would suggest cutting the relationship off until you get to a place where either they stop doing that or you are strong enough to be around them and influence them positively outside of parties. 2 corinthians 6 says. “Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?” 1 Corinthians 15 says.”Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” Think about what you value more your soul or your friends. Jesus could come back at anytime so I’d say it’s better to live like he’s coming back tomorrow then like he’s coming back in 10 years.
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