LETTER TO GENERATION X

So I sat down sometime last week watching one of the major local T.V stations in the country as they discussed Project X.

We've had an interesting couple of weeks with this issue being a major focus of the media; on radio stations, on T.V, on Instagram, on Twitter, on Facebook... it has been everywhere.

I have sat listening, watching and seeing all the drama around it unfold and I decided to write a letter to the young people of our generation and just share with them a little bit if what I've learned about it from the word of God and what He has been teaching me.

So here goes...

Dear Generation X

I hope as you read this you are well and enjoying your day as it is.

I write this letter with great concern in my heart as I look at what has been making rounds in the media regarding your generation and the interesting activities that are being made available to you.

As I listen to some of you speak, I am amazed at what you consider as good, what you do not mind engaging in for your own benefit. I guess I can bring in that recent survey that was done with you guys on what you consider as corruption and whether you mind engaging in it.

So let me get this straight... You do not mind being corrupt so long as you do not get caught??? I'm still trying to wrap my head around the idea of theft being good for you to gain wealth... well, so long as you do not get caught stealing.

I remember growing up being taught that in all things God sees us... that even when I cover myself with a blanket, or get under the bed, it still doesn't matter, God is seeing me. Has that changed? Has God stopped being that great and mighty God who sees us in all our nakedness and sees all the way into our hearts?

I know we all want the good life; drive the best cars, live in the leafy suburbs of Nairobi, take holidays to the best destinations you can imagine... I know I want it too. But unlike what the world says, the end does not justify the means, it does matter when you sin to get yourself there. 

"I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want." Philippians 4:12

The Bible asks us to be content in our different situations and  live in the knowledge that God plans for us are good and He always wants the best for us as He says in Jeremiah 29:11.  

Then there's the next big thing; the elephant in the room... Project X. 

I really don't know where to start with this one... alcohol, sex, fun... really??? Now what makes it worse is to hear people justify it all and say it's all good. Since when did we accept sin and say its all good and we can engage???

First thing is sex... So sex has become the order of the day in our generation, we have all hear the myths of how sex before marriage is good, move from one bed to another, call it fun and lots of enjoying, getting a hang of things before we settle for one person... I bet you've heard it all and I also bet many of you have given thoughts to it and maybe tried it. 

But the honest truth is this; it is all a lie... it is all the devil's schemes to cause us to throw our life into sin and it hurts me when I see so many of you young people accepting sin and letting the devil have a laugh. There's a lot the Bible says about our sexual purity, and one of my favourite bloggers has covered it in her article It's Just Sex... But here's one that covers it all...

"Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies." 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

I beg you dear loved ones, to uphold purity, honour God with our bodies, serve God with every morsel of your being, let God look down at you and have a smile on His face. 

I have experienced God's faithfulness, and especially with the knowledge of God's faithfulness and the fact that when I'm content in Him, He is able to provide for all my needs. 

Then comes alcohol; the fun and joy we all want to have as young people. I have spent 4 years at the University and I often hung my head in shame as I saw young people indulge. I don't think I'll ever be ashamed to tell it as it is... it is a sin. 

"Let beer be for those who are perishing, wine for those who are in anguish!" Proverbs 31:6

I see young people  perishing every single day as they continue to engage in alcohol and claim there's all good things in having their drinks. I beg you dear Generation X, there's nothing more in those brown bottles than death, there's nothing more in alcohol than perishing. I have made up my mind that I will not sit back and see you throw your lives into perishing and do nothing about it. 

"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life" John 3:16

I always pray for you, Generation X, that the devil will not convince you to indulge in sin since you will walk your way to the grave, you will walk your way into eternal damnation and that is where the devil will find his joy. I always pray that you will find your way back to the cross of Christ and find all good things in Him. 

It is with love that I send out this letter to each and every one of you, with love that I make a prayer for you every day and with love that I ask that you turn away from worldly ways and hold on to Christ as your joy and source of salvation. 

Yours sincerely, 

From a fellow brother in Christ.