Day 83: A Prayer for Students

Matthew 28; Deuteronomy 9-10; Job 8

Jesus did it all.  He promised to save the world and he did.  He suffered for me and for you so that we might be able to be close to God.  Thank you Jesus!

It is so easy to fall into sin and to be overcome by it.  The Israelites had seen the most amazing things in all the world, and yet it took them only a few days to forget and worship something else.  How much easier must it be for generations today who have not seen the same miracles, who have not witnessed the powerful hand of God, to forget and doubt, and fall into sin?  And once in the sin, it is hard to get out.  The threat of death was the only thing that saved the Israelites; that and Moses’ prayer.  It is so hard sometimes to be a teacher, not because of classroom management or the daily work load, but because I have to hear about and witness the destructive behaviors of students and there is often nothing I can do about it.  I want to badly for them to realize just how dangerous and stupid their actions are and to leave it all behind in an instant.  But even if I told them, even if someone they trusted told them, they don't always listen.  These young people, just as generations before, continue to make poor choices, dangerous choices.  I am afraid for them.  Some of them even claim to be believers, but they refuse to leave their worldly lives.  What is it going to take to get them to quit?  Please, Lord, watch over them.  May your mighty hand be on their lives and their hearts.  Help them to see, before it is too late, the dangers of their current life and the beauty and life that awaits them following Christ.