"Only older, experienced people have wisdom worth sharing. I don't know enough yet."
How it sounds in your head: Who are you to speak up? You haven't lived long enough to have real wisdom. Stay quiet until you've earned the right to teach. Older people know better than you.
"But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding. Great men are not always wise, nor do the aged always understand justice."
-- Job 32:8-9Religious spirit that equates age with anointing and confuses gray hair with God's voice, dismissing fresh revelation through young vessels.
Every time she shares an insight and someone says 'that's cute' or 'when you're older you'll see,' it reinforces that wisdom is locked behind years she hasn't lived yet. The world measures credibility by wrinkles.
Elihu was the youngest at Job's intervention, silent while older men spoke first out of respect. But when they failed to answer Job correctly, God gave the YOUNG MAN the revelation that silenced the elders—and God never rebuked Elihu's words.
I REFUSE the lie that I need decades to have wisdom. IT IS WRITTEN: Great men are not always wise, and the aged don't always understand justice. My wisdom comes from the SPIRIT OF GOD, not from years on earth. IT IS WRITTEN: If any lacks wisdom, let him ask of God who gives LIBERALLY to all without reproach. I ASK and I RECEIVE—age is irrelevant. The Holy Spirit doesn't do junior versions. I have the MIND OF CHRIST right now. Heaven's wisdom flows through me TODAY.
The Father doesn't have a waiting list based on birthdays. He's whispering secrets to you NOW that will blow the minds of people twice your age. He delights in confounding the 'wise' with the words of the young—you're His favorite plot twist.