"Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw night when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;"
The last chapter and now beginning in this chapter Solomon is looking to the distinction of youth and old age. He has much to say against old age, and little reverence for youth. But this verse, shall give us food for thoughts and prayers. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth - it is one of the key words in Scripture in so many different ways - Remember; The failure to remember is often blamed on poor memory, refusal to work at it or just simply doesn't care about such things. But any Christian should know the importance of remembering. In this verse, youth is given place to think about and learn about God. Too many youth today have no knowledge of God. Their minds are left void and empty about spiritual things. In order to see the future reclaimed for the glory of the Lord, there must young men and women given to the things of God. WE are facing a crisis right now of few youth given their minds and hearts to know their Creator. And so when they are 20, 40 or 60 years down the road, they will have no 'remembrance' of the Lord. How important is it then for us to recognize this scenario and respond to it.
How futile the labor the church to counter the works of hell to steal our children's memories. giving them remembrance of sin, folly and evil. Some ot never recover from their youthful experiences of sin. But look at David, a youth giving himself to God out in the fields as he tended to the sheep. John the Baptist, giving himself to the Lord from his brith til the day of his young adult life where he began to preach. Look at Evan Roberts, who from the age of 13 prayed for 13 years for revival in the coal mines before God brought down a revival spirit upon him, impacting the world. Over and over, God can take youth that are given unto Him for His glory. They can remember the days of meditation, the days of prayer, the days of learning lesson the hard way inwitnessing; all these things shaping and forming them for His service. What do you remember, dear reader? Was your days of youth given to remember thy Creator? Was it given to world, flesh and sin? Pray unto the Lord for your children to be what they are supposed to be unto the Lord. Train them, teach them, yearn over them and give place to them for the Lord's glory. Hannah gave her son unto the Lord, give your children unto the Lord. while the evil days come not - word study, come; which evil days? The evil days we live in? the evil days at the end of time? or the evil days which we lived before we became Christians? Almost to read here is, 'before the evil days come' to one. Adam Clarke makes a mention in his commentary here that stays with me, 'evil habits take time to grow'. And when a man looks down the road in their 40's or 50's or later and they look back over their life, they are no where where they wish to be. They have lost the God of thier youth. They have sold their soul for sin and damaged everything else about them. They have lost the best of their days of strength, of vitatlity, of energy and now it is all gone.
The evil days have come when they can no longer go or do like they once used to do, the evil days have come. All their life they gave place to sin and self and can never recapture the youth experience of living for the Lord. the old song says it, and many lanquish in it, 'Wasted year, oh, how foolish'. To stop such a scenario in one's life you must make this day the Lord's and every day after it to stand up and serve the Lord to the best of your ability and hearts desire. Stop now the evil ways; stop now the evil sin; put away from all that keeps you from giving an occasion against the Lord. Nor the years draw nigh when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; - evil days now becomes evil years; word study, draw nigh; It is one thing to sin during a day; it is quite another thing to sin for the years of your life. And before long, one looks up and around after life has come and gone and they say to themselves, 'What have I done?' I have listened to the lie of Satan, pleased myself, lived for myself and lost my opportunity to serve the Lord faithfully. Now I must go and appear before Him and answser the question, 'What did you do with what I gave you?' The shame, the sorrow is almost too great to consider. Yet, the multitude that sits in the church are doing this. And it has left us to with little to no hope for tomorrow in our young people. The church is bankrupt on its resources for the Lord, because it has all been wasted away. Oh, how many dying men have I heard these words from their angonizing lips, 'what have I done'.
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