It has been a little while since I was a senior in high school, only 5 years, but I remember the feeling of having missed so many opportunities. It wasn't until my senior year that I actually realized that I could make a difference in the eternity of my classmates, and I had only one school year to make an impact. I was grieved in my heart that I had not been a witness for Jesus in my earlier years, grieved that I had wasted so much time and so many relationships along the way.
I see many high school students today in the same place, struggling to survive as Christians in a spiritually hostile culture, called to shine the light of Jesus yet dormant out of fear and insecurity. Years go by and souls remain unsaved because the laborers are few (Luke 10:2), and the Lord is calling a generation like he called John the Baptist:
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. - John 1:6-8
I encourage you to not miss today. Our high schools are America's greatest mission field, and any high school student can become America's greatest missionary by reaching out to their friends. Any given day, one student has the opportunity to reach hundreds of their peers if they would answer the call of the Lord to be a witness.
Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the example... - 1 Timothy 4:12
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