"Older people don't respect me because I'm young. I have to earn their respect."
How it sounds in your head: Adults roll their eyes when you talk. They pat your head and ignore what you say. You have to prove yourself before anyone will listen.
"But the LORD said to me: 'Do not say, I am a youth, for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak.'"
-- Jeremiah 1:7World system lie about hierarchy and earning respect through performance.
He's been interrupted mid-sentence by adults who then talk to each other like he wasn't speaking. Teachers ask for input but pick the older kids' answers.
Samuel was a young boy when God spoke to him instead of to Eli the elderly priest. God bypassed the experienced priest to give a nation-changing word to a CHILD, and that word never fell to the ground.
I REFUSE the lie that I must earn respect through age or performance. IT IS WRITTEN that God told Jeremiah not to say 'I am a youth' as an excuse. I carry the authority of the One who sent me, not the approval of people who dismiss me. IT IS WRITTEN that God chose me before I was born, and His opinion is the only one that establishes my worth. The BARAK blessing makes me the head and not the tail, above only and not beneath. I don't need their approval—I have heaven's backing.
The Father is celebrating you right now, not waiting for you to prove anything. He handed you the robe and ring while you were still young—full authority, full identity, zero waiting period.