David
In 1 Sam 17:33 And Saul said to David, You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are a youth, and he (Goliath) a man of war from his youth"
In the NLT, David was described as a "boy" and in the AMP "an adolescent.
David had 8 brothers, 3 of them went to war - Eliab, Abinadab and Shammah. If David was the youngest and the minimum age to go to war was 20, then David being the youngest in the family, with another 4 brothers who did not go to war, could be about 15 or 16 years old only!
He was only in his teens when he brought down Goliath!
Num 1:3
"You and Aaron are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more and able to serve in the army"
Amazing! At the UPRISING, we met many young people from many countries. Some countries sent only one or 2 representatives. The commission for them was to go back to their nation to start an UPRISING.
I was looking at their numbers - Samoa, Russia, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Pakistan, Belgium, Mongolia....can they really start an UPRISING? There are so few of them! God spoke to my heart, do not look at the outward nor look at the numbers, remember that a little one can be a thousand and a small one a strong nation.
Josiah
King Josiah was only 8 years old when he became king. At 16 he began seeking God with all his heart and at 20 he started purging the temple.
2 Kings 22:1
"Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath"
He began to repair the house of the Lord eight years later
2 Kings 22:3-6
"Now it came to pass, in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the at the king sent Shaphan the scribe, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam saying: "Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money which has been brought into the house of the Lord, which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people. And let them deliver it into the hand of those doing the work, who are the overseers in the house of the Lord; let them give it to those who are in the house of the Lord doing the work, to repair the damages of the house"
When Hilkiah the high priest found the Book of the Law and gave it to Shaphan who read it to the king, Josiah tore his clothes and mourned. He responded in humility and obedience before the Lord.
2 Kings 22:11
"Now it happened, when the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, that he tore his clothes"
They found Huddah the prophetess who gave the word of the Lord to them. She prophesied about Josiah in 2 Kings 22:18-20:
"But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, in this manner you shall speak to him, 'Thus says the Lord God of Israel: "Concerning the words which you have heard - because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you," says the Lord"
Do we want God to hear us when we pray? Do you want God to respond in the same way to us that He has heard our prayers? Let us respond like Josiah when the word of God is read or preached!
Let us humble ourselves and respond with obedience to the reading of God's word!
Jeremiah
Jer 1:6-7
"Ah Lord God! Behold I cannot speak, for I am a youth. But the Lord said to me: "Do not say I am a youth. For you shall go to whom I send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak"
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