48- Cameron – A 14 Year Old’s Cry for God’s Help
“This young man’s name was Cameron, and I lost his original email, but he sent me several emails, and felt he was in great distress from all the problems in his life.”
Finding Freedom from Four Years of Hell
Cameron, just 14 years old, reached out, burdened by what he called "four years of hell." Feeling trapped, like a prisoner longing for freedom, this young soul cried out for God's help. This cry resonates with the human condition of all us us. We often find ourselves in spiritual prisons, bound by circumstances, pain, or unmet expectations. Like the Israelites enslaved in Egypt for 400 years (Genesis 15:13), we may not understand why we suffer. Yet, God uses these trials. As Hebrews 5:8 tells us, "Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered."
God desires us to rise above earthly circumstances, pain, and unmet expectations. He wants to save us, not just from our pain, but from ourselves. We are born into this world focused on survival, comfort, and pleasure, the "flesh" that cannot inherit the kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 15:50). We are like the disobedient dog, running wild, chasing fleeting pleasures, ignoring the one who created us for relationship.
John 7:17 reminds us, "If anyone chooses to do God’s will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own." We have a choice: to continue in our rebellion or to surrender to God's will. This surrender means acknowledging our sin, our spiritual filth, and our need for cleansing. Like the muddy dog who needs a bath before we can embrace it, we need the cleansing blood of Jesus Christ shed on the cross at Calvary to make us clean before a holy God.
If you feel trapped, burdened, and lost, know that you are exactly who God wants to help. He is the God of the fatherless and the orphans (Psalm 68:5). He seeks the weak and needy. Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these" (Matthew 19:14). Cry out to Him. Don't let the devil lie to you that you are too young or don't know enough. God will answer a prayer from a humble heart.
But prayer is just the beginning. You must then seek Him diligently, learn His ways through His Word, and trust in Him completely. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding" (Proverbs 3:5). As you draw near to Him, the worries of this life will melt away. You will find rest, peace, and joy, and you will discover the truth: the richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least, because they have found everything in God, through Christ.
