YOUTH WORK (Cont. from page 27) kind of Christian education that is last ing and exciting. 4. Devotion to Christ that is satisfy ing. We make a serious mistake when we think that Christ is not sufficient to challenge and satisfy a red-blooded American teen-ager. But He is! When the Son of God becomes real to young people, and they allow Him to live out His resurrection life through them (Gal. 2:20), they testify to the fact that nothing satisfies like Jesus Christ. It is wrong to ask teen-agers to be loyal to a program or even an organi zation, when loyalty and devotion to Christ produces devotion to Christ’s work. Teen-agers are growing from the dependence of childhood into the interdependence of a d u l t h o o d , and they do this through the independence of adolescence. If we keep in mind that this independence is a symptom, not a cause, of their problems, and that the right Christian fellowship, chal lenge, education, and devotion will help them during these difficult years, then we are well on the way to giving them an effective youth program. Finally, Lei's Slop Guessing About the Rewards of Youth Work “ It’s not worth it all!” laments the tired, discouraged pastor or youth worker. “ All this work, and no re sults!” But it is worth it all! Every dollar, ounce of energy, or hour of time invested in youth pays double dividends in both time and eternity. Personal standards and values today are set, not in college, say the edu cators, but in high school during the teen years. This means that the youth worker is helping one of the most im portant segments of our population at the most important time in their lives! When I think of men like J. Hudson Taylor and Dr. Billy Graham, who found Christ during their teen years, and when I realize that there are hundreds of devoted Christian workers today who made their important spir itual decisions during their adolescent years, then I have no doubt in my mind that youth work is rewarding. It is tiring work, demanding work, and seemingly unending work, but my own years of experience working with youth have convinced me that it is rewarding work! Teen-agers today have enough ques tion-marks of their own without adult Christians adding more. Let’s take the guess-work out of youth work and re place those question marks with ex clamation points — with the eternal certainties of the Word of God! Courtesy of Youth Commission of the Na tional Sunday School Association in oreoarati^n for National Youth Week, January 24-31, 1960.
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