Why Is The Bible Still Relevant Today

Teenagers are frequently mentioned in the Bible. These young men and women were used by God in powerful ways. There is Mary, the mother of Jesus, Daniel the young man later turned prophet, the young shepherd boy who would rise to prominence as Israel’s greatest king and many others who courageously changed the world for the better. Names like John Mark who wrote the Gospel of Mark with Peter’s perspective and Timothy, the young pastor mentored by the Apostle Paul. Teenagers should be able to identify with these young men and women because today, Christian teenagers are still changing the world and helping to transform it as they too can the world upside down (or really, right side up).

Why does God choose to use teens, while people of
It may have been because “And God gave Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the chief of the eunuchs.” The chief of the eunuchs feared for Daniel’s life if he didn’t eat what the king had assigned or ordered for them to eat. The eunuch feared for his own head too but Daniel convinced “the steward whom the chief of the eunuchs had assigned over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.” They allowed Daniel to challenge them to who would be “better in appearance and fatter in the flesh (or healthier) than all the youths who ate the king’s food.” After the test of ten days were up, clearly Daniel and the other three young men were in much better shape and health by not taking the king’s diet. They refused to eat the king’s food and drink his wine at risk to their own life. Daniel may not have even been of age in our society today, but he showed restraint in not drinking wine and gorging on exorbitant food, and he showed that when we obey God, God is pleased and God blesses those who obey Him. Daniel chose to do the right thing, even if it meant disobeying a king who held his life in his