by Justin
How to Keep Your Faith Through High School
6:35 pm in Daily Life by Justin
Justin gave me some topics to pick from that he thought I should write about, and I chose this one and another without really realizing just how…complicated this one was. See, it’s called keeping your faith through High School, but first of all I’m not the best one to ask about this since I’ve only been saved 7 months and only 5 of those were during school, but on the other hand I feel like (I’m not boasting, just stating a fact) I’ve been persecuted over those 5 months more than most high school christians at my school get in their entire high school years. See I live in the Bible Belt where everyone has just enough religion to soothe their conscience, but only a few are truly saved, and I know that if people aren’t saved they’re going to Hell and I love people and Christ so I share my faith regularly (I make it a thing to try to do 1 person a day). And of course people are sinners and hate being confronted with that fact. So I get yelled at, cussed at, laughed at, ignored, avoided, and just overall disliked by most people I know who aren’t real brethren. But before I was saved I hung out with the pot-heads in band and had loved hanging out with them, but after I was saved I witnessed to them and they all just…got offended and the friendships fell apart. I had a lot more friends then than I do now, I was a lot “cooler” back then. So naturally, one of the main problems I faced was loneliness, feeling useless for God, and just like I wasn’t doing anything.
I didn’t doubt that what I was doing was biblical and right, I just didn’t see any fruit of my labor, didn’t see anything but persecution for my work, and my flesh wanted to give up, but I stuck with it. Why?
Because I esteemed Christ and His glory more precious than anything.
You want to know how to deal with any trouble, persecution, or bad feelings you face in life?
Esteem Christ more precious than anything. Esteem Christ more precious than anything. Esteem Christ more precious than anything. Count Him as more precious and neccesary to you than friends, family, reputation, love, money, jobs, food, anything. Count everything as loss in order that you might gain Christ. Consider Him and working for His Glory more important than anything. You’re a soldier of Christ first, a friend, worker, brother, sister, husband, etc. second.
And I esteemed Christ and what He said more than anything else in my life, and I still do.
Christ became my life in the loneliness of my room with nothing but a Bible and a computer for worship music and witnessing. He tookover my life and forced me through a horrible time when I almost thought the light of my life was going to be snuffed out in unbelief and my only prayer through it all was, “Oh Lord My God. I don’t know why You’re doing this to me, but I trust You and know You are bringing me through this for my good and Your glory. I don’t know what’s happening to my head and soul, but I know You are mine, and I am Yours. Please bring me through this quickly.” And Christ did.
He brought me to where I esteem Him more than anything else. I have a long way to go, but I know He will guide me.
-Jacob
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