{"id":2663,"date":"2016-09-27T09:04:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T14:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedisciplemaker.org\/?p=2663"},"modified":"2016-09-27T09:04:08","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T14:04:08","slug":"adults-run-the-church-but-young-people-fill-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/2016\/09\/adults-run-the-church-but-young-people-fill-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Adults Run the Church, but Young People Fill the Bible . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>At church every week, we see lots of adults leading everything from preaching and worship to Sunday school and youth group. It often makes us think that the Bible is full of adults too. That it\u2019s a book for adults, by adults, about adults. We try to imagine the Old Testament and all we see are old people between the Bible\u2019s dusty pages. But when you actually start reading, you find out the Bible is packed with young people.<br \/>\nSure, there are old people too: Noah was 600 when the ark set sail, Abraham lived to be 175, and Moses was 80 when the burning bush talked to him. But just as many stories involve young people. Think about it\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0.<\/p>\n<h4>Joseph\u2014He Started as a Spoiled Sibling<\/h4>\n<p>When we first meet Joseph, he is \u201ca seventeen-year-old adolescent with adjustment problems. He\u2019s having a hard time fitting into the world he\u2019s growing up in. His brothers are tired of his superior airs, so they plot to murder him. But instead of killing him, they decide to throw him into an open cistern. Shortly after that, a caravan of traders comes by, and the brothers see their chance to make a few dollars by selling Joseph as a slave.\u201d (Taken from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/p\/the-message-study-bible\/9781617478987?utm_source=Boundless&amp;utm_campaign=REMIX&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_content=Joseph\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Message Study Bible<\/em><\/a>.)<br \/>\nOf course, Joseph\u2019s story doesn\u2019t end in slavery. He experiences incredible transformation when he chooses to put God first.<\/p>\n<h4>Esther\u2014She Lost Her Parents, then Stood Her Ground<\/h4>\n<p>Esther was orphaned as a young girl, then taken in and protected by her cousin Mordecai. She grows into a beautiful young woman, such that she is taken into the Persian king\u2019s harem. She didn\u2019t choose any of this, but then God, through Mordecai, gives her a choice, and she seizes it. By following God, \u201cshe moved from being a beauty queen to becoming a Jewish saint, from being a sex symbol to becoming a passionate intercessor, from lying around leisurely in the harem to standing up courageously\u201d in the king\u2019s court \u201cand speaking on behalf of God\u2019s people.\u201d (Taken from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/p\/the-message-study-bible\/9781617478987?utm_source=Boundless&amp;utm_campaign=REMIX&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_content=Esther\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Message Study Bible<\/em><\/a>.)<br \/>\nEsther didn\u2019t get to choose her circumstances, but she did get to decide how to respond to them. That\u2019s true for each of us.<\/p>\n<h4>Daniel\u2014He Ate His Veggies, then Faced the Lions<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cDaniel was in his teens when the Babylonians invaded his country and took members of the royal and noble families to Babylon as captives. Because of their brains and spirit, Daniel and some of his friends were placed into the Babylonians Royal Academy to train for the empire\u2019s vast bureaucracy. Daniel agreed to work of the empire (the alternative was death), but he continually risked his life by refusing activities that would dishonor God.\u201d (Taken from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/p\/the-message-remix\/9781617479496?utm_source=Boundless&amp;utm_campaign=REMIX&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_content=Daniel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Message\/\/REMIX<\/em><\/a>, \u201cIntroduction to Daniel.\u201d)<br \/>\nLike Esther, Daniel didn\u2019t get to choose his circumstances, but he knew which choices he did have, even if they were risky.<\/p>\n<h4>John\u2014He Considered What Life with God Could Be<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cJohn was in his late teens or early twenties, wondering what his life would amount to, when he met Jesus. Within a few short years, he experienced the unforgettable events described in the Gospel of John and considered what his life could be. When he finally wrote those events down, some sixty years later, he knew from experience the transformative power of Jesus\u2019 Message, and he wanted to share it.\u201d (Taken from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/p\/the-message-gospel-of-john-in-contemporary-language\/9781615212781?utm_source=Boundless&amp;utm_campaign=REMIX&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_content=John\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Message\/\/REMIX: The Gospel of John<\/em><\/a>. Download it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookshout.com\/navpress?code=MESSAGE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> for free!).<br \/>\nJohn\u2019s story reminds us that our experiences as young people can dramatically set the course of our lives.<\/p>\n<h4>Timothy\u2014He Found His Passion and Went All In<\/h4>\n<p>Timothy knew what it was like to be an outsider, caught between two ethnic backgrounds\u2014Jewish and Greek. He \u201cwas raised with his Jewish mother\u2019s religion, but not circumcised in deference to his Greek father. An outsider among both Jews and Greeks in his Galatian town, the teenage Timothy embraced Paul\u2019s news of Jesus, left home to travel with Paul, and even endured circumcision to become fully Jewish.\u201d (Taken from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/p\/the-message-remix\/9781617479496?utm_source=Disciplemaker&amp;utm_campaign=REMIX&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_content=Timothy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Message\/\/REMIX<\/em><\/a>, \u201cIntroduction to 1&amp;2 Timothy.\u201d)<br \/>\nA lot of us can feel like Timothy\u2014like we don\u2019t fit in\u2014including many Christians. But Timothy reminds us that the world\u2019s outsiders become God\u2019s insiders when we commit our lives to his service.<\/p>\n<h4>Live the Bible In Your Generation<\/h4>\n<p>There are a lot more young people like them in the Bible: Joshua, Ruth, Samuel, David, Josiah, and Mary are just a few. You can find more. Their stories are scattered throughout the Bible, showing us all how important young people are to the story God is telling.<br \/>\nGod\u2019s story isn\u2019t over either. Even though the Bible is complete, God is still telling the same story today. And he\u2019s inviting you to join all these young people. They are those \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Hebrews%2012&amp;version=MSG&amp;utm_source=Boundless&amp;utm_campaign=The%20Message%20REMIX&amp;utm_medium=article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pioneers who blazed the way<\/a>\u201d like Hebrews 12 talks about.<br \/>\nLike Esther and Daniel, young people don\u2019t always get to choose their situations. We don\u2019t choose where we grow up, go to school, or maybe even what church we attend. But the Bible\u2019s young people remind us that we can choose to listen and respond to the choices God gives us, no matter how small they may seem.<\/p>\n<h4>Read More\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0.<\/h4>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for a way to better listen and hear God\u2019s voice, or if you want to dig deeper into the stories of these Bible young people, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/p\/the-message-remix\/9781617479496?utm_source=Boundless&amp;utm_campaign=REMIX&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_content=Read%20More%201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Message\/\/REMIX<\/em><\/a>. Inside you\u2019ll find a Bible designed for young people like you. And it\u2019s written in a language that feels honest. It doesn\u2019t sound like cleaned-up church language. It sounds like the other 6 days of the week.<br \/>\nIf you want to read about all these Bible young people, here\u2019s a list of their stories, where you can find them in the Bible, as well as page numbers from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/p\/the-message-remix\/9781617479496?utm_source=Disciplemaker&amp;utm_campaign=REMIX&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_content=Read%20More%202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Message\/\/REMIX<\/em><\/a>.<br \/>\n<strong>Joseph<\/strong> (Genesis 37\u201350), pages 64-83<br \/>\n<strong>Joshua<\/strong> (Numbers 13\u201314; Deuteronomy 14\u201315; Joshua 1\u201324), pages 194-197, 250-252, 283-318<br \/>\n<strong>Ruth<\/strong> (Book of Ruth 1\u20134), pages 352-358<br \/>\n<strong>Samuel<\/strong> (1 Samuel 1\u201316, 28), pages 359-380<br \/>\n<strong>David<\/strong> (1 Samuel 16\u20141 Kings 2), pages 380-440<br \/>\n<strong>Josiah<\/strong> (2 Kings 22\u201323; 2 Chronicles 34\u201335), pages 510-513, 591-594<br \/>\n<strong>Esther<\/strong> (Book of Esther 1\u201310), pages 638-646<br \/>\n<strong>Daniel<\/strong> (Book of Daniel 1\u201312), pages 1277-1298<br \/>\n<strong>Mary<\/strong> (Matthew 1\u20132; Luke 1\u20132), pages 1430-1432, 1506-1511<br \/>\n<strong>John<\/strong> (Book of John 1\u201321; Acts 1\u20133), pages 1555-1600 (Download The Message of John <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookshout.com\/navpress?code=MESSAGE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> for free!)<br \/>\n<strong>Timothy<\/strong> (Acts 16\u201328, Philippians 2:19-23; 1 Thessalonians 1\u20133; Books of 1 &amp; 2 Timothy), pages 1621-1641, 1728, 1740-1742, 1748-1757<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At church every week, we see lots of adults leading everything from preaching and worship to Sunday school and youth group. 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