It’s impossible for this Goliath to be in seventh grade. That’s the first thing I thought when I saw him. He dunked like a kangaroo and ran like a gazelle. The 6-footer made other seventh graders look like his minions. How could a kid that young make basketball look so easy? He’s watching cartoons and secretly playing with Legos — and yet he plays basketball like a pro. His talent makes me feel old, heavy, and all of the sudden, my old-man knees start to ache.?
Every time I see a student do something past the expectations of their age, my mind and heart almost explode. Recently, a 7th-grade girl in my ministry gave up her spring break to go on a mission trip with her family. While others are Minecrafting and buying Nike Elites, she’s hanging with orphans and sharing the love of Jesus. I’m sure at some point in time she felt afraid and that missions were “Big Things,” meant for the adults. But she overcame her fears to do it anyway. She pressed pass the notion that adults do the big important things for Jesus, and teens do admirable things.
Throughout Scripture, Jesus asked a ragtag group of awkward disciples to do the unthinkable. He’d say things like, “Why don’t you feed them — and Peter, walk on water.” The disciples did things that transformed the world through the power of the Holy Spirit. I believe that through the Holy Spirit, God can draw you out of your fear, doubts, and age limits and use you to do the unthinkable as well.
Original article: www.frontiersusa.org/blog/article/doing-the-unthinkable
