Youth Wednesday March 20th (What’s your Why?)

Introduction

Who’s ever had a new years resolution?

What are some common new years resolutions people make?

Over 80% of New Years Resolutions Fail,

Why?

Because deep down they don’t really know their why.

It just sounds like a good idea to them, but they aren’t really invested in it

I’ve had many new years resolutions over the years, one in particular that comes to mind was playing the guitar, I thought it sounded like a cool thing to learn, but I never really fully invested in it. I didn’t know my why, I didn’t really have a firm reason why I wanted to do this

Body

Luke 10:1–2 CSB

1 After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others, and he sent them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself was about to go. 2 He told them, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.

#1 The Lord appointed them

#2 He sent them in pairs

#3 The Harvest is abundant, but the workers are few

#4 Pray for the Lord to send out workers

What’s your why?

It’s easy to stand here in the room today and say I see the field are ripe and ready for harvest, but its another thing entirely to actually act on it and go harvest those fields!

It’s easy to set here and consume the word of God for yourself and think it would be cool for your friends at school to get to know Jesus, but what are you doing about it?

Many people think sharing the gospel would be a cool thing to learn, but never really fully invest in it.

The harvest is abundant but the workers are few.

Luke 10:25–37 CSB

25 Then an expert in the law stood up to test him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 “What is written in the law?” he asked him. “How do you read it?” 27 He answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,” and “your neighbor as yourself.” 28 “You’ve answered correctly,” he told him. “Do this and you will live.” 29 But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30 Jesus took up the question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan on his journey came up to him, and when he saw the man, he had compassion. 34 He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him. When I come back I’ll reimburse you for whatever extra you spend.’ 36 “Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” 37 “The one who showed mercy to him,” he said. Then Jesus told him, “Go and do the same.”

In every true act of mercy, someone pays the price. God did, the Good Samaritan did, and so do we. To be merciful is to bear the load for someone else.

John F. MacArthur

Conclusion