So, you’ve finished school? Well done. It’s a massive achievement to stick at anything for 13 years. This may not have occurred to you at the age of 5 when you began school, but it’s a massive achievement nonetheless.
Now what?
Make or Break
The first few months after you finish school can often be a make or break time for your Christian faith.
For some who have grown up in a Christian family this might be a time when they graduate from the church youth program and keep walking straight out the door as they graduate from Jesus too. It’s heart-breaking when that happens.
Conversely, it’s massively encouraging to see young crew graduate from high school and make godly decisions to keep following Jesus into adulthood.
Blog Series
This blog series is all about the “now what?” question. Most of your life has probably just happened up until this point. I’m not suggesting you have been totally unreflective and unthoughtful in how you’ve lived your life. But, in Australia at least, school is compulsory and you just roll with it until it’s over.
Now what? You have been on a trajectory for sometime out from your parents authority and increasingly taking responsibility for yourself. There are a bunch of questions you should ask yourself at this point.
- Why am I here?
- How will I spend my time?
- Do I really want to grow up?
- How will I use what I’ve got?
- What will I fight for?
- How will I hold myself?
How you answer these questions will shape how you live your life. The answers to these questions will answer the “now what?” question.
NOW WHAT? JESUS
I’ll be upfront. I believe Jesus should be central to each of these answers. So please follow along if you are a follower of Jesus or if you’re simply curious to see why Jesus might be so significant.
You can follow the NOW WHAT? JESUS tag or come back to this post for links out to the rest of the series.
(IMAGE copyright Joel Coleman. Used by permission)