day no. 15,234: young heads on old shoulders

"We can’t put young heads on old shoulders, even if we were to attempt to do it." - Charles Haddon Spurgeon, The Soul Winner: How to Lead Sinners to the Saviour

Young men need wisdom and older men need energy. Young men have energy, but don't know what to do with it. Older men know what to do, but are too tired or impatient to do it or teach others to do it.

Proverbs 20:29
The glory of young men is their strength,
but the splendor of old men is their gray hair.

As much as we might wish younger men were smarter and that older men were more motivated, they won't be unless they catch of vision of benefiting each other. It will cost the young man a great deal in humility in order to be under the authority of an old fuddy duddy and it will cost the older man a great deal of patience in order to teach a young man what to do and when to do it.

1 John 2:12-14
I am writing to you, little children,
    because your sins are forgiven for his name's sake.
I am writing to you, fathers,
    because you know him who is from the beginning.
I am writing to you, young men,
    because you have overcome the evil one.
I write to you, children,
    because you know the Father.
I write to you, fathers,
    because you know him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
    because you are strong,
    and the word of God abides in you,
    and you have overcome the evil one.

God has given certain gifts to certain stages. Young men and older men have different strengths. These can either complement each other or they can battle each other. If they fight against each other, neither will win. If they fight, side by side, on the same team with each other against the evil one, everyone except the evil one wins!