Wake Up!

Hey this was my senior message from last night with the youth, hope you enjoy it, sorry for those who have already heard it.

Genesis 2:1-3 (You will need to read this first)

In the first 6 days of creation God created a lot of stuff. (If we were in class right now I would ask you to list some things created from the first 6 days) We are not in class, so I will simply name a few: animals, birds, fish, continents, oceans, day and night, light, plants, universe, & people. God created all of this and more in just 6 days. (I believe literally 6 days, you can be wrong if you'd like.) The word then tells us that on the 7th day He rested. God had done some good work and then found Himself deserving of a rest. Now some folks have asked if this limits God's power because He needed rest. (Silly people with their questions, to rest means to cease)God had done good and was able to cease His creating. Now this in itself has very little to do with being a graduating senior, until you ask the question: "God created everything in 6 days, what have you done with your ____ years of life?"

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To this there was some stunned silence of. I know it is not always popular to ask ourselves what we as Christian are actually "doing for God", not saying or thinking, but actually "doing". But I want to ask. What have you done for God? He has creation to His credit, do we even bare fruit? It is tought to look at ones own life and judge it. We all have plenty of skill in pointing out the lackings in others, but can we see the need for action in our own lives?