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NEC Youth

Dwayne Lemon

God’s Prophetic Call to Youth

Let's turn our Bibles to the book of Psalms, the 127th division.

And I want you to see what the Bible says as we consider Psalms, the 127th division.

And we're going to look at the Word of God and let it speak to our hearts because I believe that it is imperative that you and I understand what Christ wants to accomplish in our hearts.

The Bible says something very beautiful in Psalms 127.

We're going to consider especially verses 3 and 4.

The Bible says, Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

As arrows are in the hands of a mighty man, it says, so are children of the youth.

In the mind of God, the mind of God you will find is very different from the mind of man.

There are some people that have already probably prophesied your future.

There are people today that will tell young people that you are a loser, you are constantly doing wrong, you always, you ever hear somebody say, you always do that?

And They kind of put these terms on you that have this forever context.

It's like you're always going to be like this, you've always been like this, and this is how your life is going to close out.

But while these words of discouragement often possesses the mind of the youth, here goes God giving us a very beautiful futuristic picture.

He says that when I look at children, he says I look at them, number 1, he says they are a wonderful heritage, but he also says when I look at young people, I look at them as arrows.

Now if you know anything about warfare, you will know, especially in these days, when arrows were used, that was an attack weapon.

An arrow was not something that you would use to defend yourself.

An arrow is what you would use to attack the enemy.

So when you think about God's view of young people, God actually says, I actually look at you as my attack weapon.

So when God looks at young people, he actually looks at you, he looks at me, because I still consider myself young.

So, you know, when God looks at us, he looks at us as instruments in his hands that by his grace if we are molded and Properly fashioned God says he actually looks at us as his instruments of attack Against the devil's kingdom any group Testing.

All right now any group if you knew that there was a special attack force that was coming up against you, would you agree that you would give very special attention to that attack force and do everything possible to make sure they do not accomplish their mission.

So, therefore, we need to understand that because of the fact that in the eyes of God, young people are his prophetically designed attack weapon against the devil's kingdom, that means that you become the devil's public number 1 target.

You become that number 1 target now because of the fact, so understanding that you are God's designed weapon against the devil's kingdom, you are the attack force, that means that you have merited Satan's hatred.

I want you to understand that you have literally merited Satan's hatred.

So whenever you think about the fact, why is it that my life goes through so many trials?

Why is it that I go through so many problems in my life?

Why is it that I am constantly faced with battle after battle after battle?

1 of the key reasons why that takes place is because God is trying to let you know you have been raised up for a very specific purpose.

You have been raised up to accomplish a very specific work.

And Satan is vehement in making sure that you do not accomplish the very mission of why God raised you up as his precious youth.

So I want you from this day forward, never look at yourself for what you see in front of the mirror.

Look at yourself through the prophetic lens of what God wants to develop within you.

If you can make that covenant with me and with God, let me hear you say amen.

So this is gonna be point number 1, is that whenever you wake up in the morning, you need to understand, praise God, God has woken me up this morning to give me the privilege to be his arrow against the devil's kingdom.

I often refer to the generation of youth today as God's arrows.

You got your name, your first, middle, and last, but at the end of the day, your nickname is, I am God's arrow.

God has raised me up because he has a plan to destroy the devil and his kingdom and he has decided to use me to be an instrument in his hands so that we can attack his work and by the grace of God his work will be destroyed.

Now understanding this I want us to go to the book of Genesis.

We're going to go to the book of Genesis, and we're going to go to Genesis 35.

And what you're going to see in Genesis, the 45th chapter, I believe, is very important as we are seeking to understand some things that God wants to show us from his word.

And when you get there, just let me know by saying amen.

You remember that the Bible tells us a story about a man named Joseph.

Now, when we think about Joseph, and we think about the things that, you know, God wanted to accomplish in him, Joseph was a young man that went through crisis, is that right?

I mean, Joseph was a young man that went through tremendous crisis.

He was betrayed by his brothers, he was thrown in a pit, he ultimately ended up in prison, He went through places of temptation, specifically known as Potiphar's house.

He went through a lot of trial, a lot of challenges, and he went through it as a young man.

But in the midst of all these challenges that he went through, I want you to see what was the reason why God allowed Joseph to go through these things as a youth?

Why was it that God allowed him to go through that?

Because correct me if I'm wrong, even though I don't know you, I can almost guarantee you 1 thing you have in your life are problems, is that right?

We know that to be so, we know that We got problems, we got challenges, we got issues.

There are things that face us every single day that we have to make decisions for right or for wrong.

And as a result of that, sometimes we get plagued with temptation, we get plagued with overcoming, and the challenges of life begin to beat up so hard on us that we begin to lose hope and lose faith.

Joseph was going through a lot of trials.

But in the end of it all, when Joseph endured the trials, when he endured the temptation, and when he made it through the crisis, notice the reason Joseph understood from the word of God of why God allowed him to go through this.

The Bible says in Genesis 45, and we're gonna start at verse 1.

The Bible says in Genesis 45, Joseph now is in an exalted position, and he is now standing before the very individuals who betrayed him.

And notice how he speaks to them as it relates to this story.

It says in verse 1, then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him.

And he cried, cause every man to go out from me.

And there stood no man with him while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

And he wept aloud, and the Egyptians in the house of Pharaoh heard.

And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph.

And his brethren could not answer him, for they were troubled at his presence.

And Joseph said unto his brethren, come near to me, I pray you.

And they came near and he said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

I mean, literally, Joseph is looking at them and he's letting them know, you were wrong, you were foul, you were the ones that was used by the devil to sell me into Egypt.

I am the same Joseph that you've did so much wrong to.

But notice his further response as we look at the rest of the text.

You are the ones that sold me into Egypt.

My young brothers and sisters, you must learn that even when people do you wrong, you must ask God to put within your heart an ability to pardon the individuals for what they have done wrong.

Joseph had every right, he was now in an exalted position.

He had every right to say, I have enough power, literally by the snap of my finger, to cancel every single 1 of your lives.

He was in a full-blown position of vengeance.

But Joseph understood that vengeance belongs unto the Lord.

And you will find that when he demonstrated goodness, it actually reaped coals of conviction upon his brother's head.

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