Danny Watts - EXPLORING

Read Proverbs 22:6
Proverbs 22:6 (English Standard Version)

6(A) Train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Cross references:

1. Proverbs 22:6 : Eph 6:4; 2 Tim 3:15

We have different gifts, according to the grace given to us. If a man’s gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith. If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully. Romans 12: 6 – 8 NIV

In early 1974 a co-Youth Sunday school teacher asked if I would be an advisor in a to be formed Explorer Post. He was the Exploring executive in our county charged with establishing Posts county wide. Exploring is the co-educational division of the Boy Scouts of America. Thus began a 22-year commitment of my working with young boys and girls between the ages of 13 and 21 as a volunteer. Our post engaged in high adventure activities such as back packing, camping, rock climbing and rappelling, white-water canoing and kayaking, snow skiing, both down hill and cross county, etc. We endeavored to go out once a month rain or shine. Two primary lessons given them were ‘leave it better than you found it’ and ‘you are responsible for your own acts’. It is gratifying to hear occasionally from some of these Explorers or their parents about how much they learned from these experiences. What a blessing it is, thanks be to God.

Prayer: Lord God, it is very hard to know and do the right thing as a teenager. Please help young people think before they do something they will regret the rest of their lives.

Thought for the day: We are responsible for our own acts.

Danny Watts

Prayer Focus: Young People