We'll
learn: In every case, God knows exactly what we need and deeply
cares.
Only
when our ambition and attitudes have been broken and emptied, can God
begin filling us with Himself, so that all of our accolades; our
achievements can be attributed to Him. In this earthly life, we are
being fashioned for fellowship and unity in Heaven for an eternity.
We must all be 'singing the same song' of praise to God, and nothing
of ourselves. So the 'Pits Process', in whatever form it takes, must
take ourselves out of the spotlight and put God in the spotlight He
so richly deserves.
Describe
a couple events in your teen years that became a Pits Process for
you. What did you learn from them? Were there some lessons you
learned from those experiences that you could tactfully share with a
teen? Does remembering those events move you to greater compassion
for today's teen?
Instant
Replay...
Read
again the last paragraph above, with more feeling. It's those
experiences that make you the golden generation to reach out to
today's teens. Can you think of a bible character that might have had
a similar Pits Process experience?
The
Brokenness and Desperation of Teens – The Pits Process
It's
easy for silver-headed folks to look at the choices and living of
teens in desperation, as reaping their 'just deserts' from bad hasty
decisions. But most often, God is teaching that teenager about the
lies and emptiness of man's devices in bringing safety, satisfaction,
and stability to the teenage heart. God has to remove anything that
would allow the teen later to say, 'Well, I did it my way. Aren't I
great?”
I'm
sure God didn't like seeing Joseph in the bottom of that pit, his
brothers had thrown him into. But that 'Pits Process' was a necessary
event between the wonderful dreams God had used to show Joseph his
future, and the fulfillment of them as ruler of Egypt. By God's
leading, Joseph ruled with a humble spirit, knowing the torment of
those around him still going through their 'Pits Process'. Joseph
could say to himself, “I've been there, done that.”
