you see while we are very young life feels like forever, the young person never think for a second that he or she will get old some day, so for the moment it feels like time pauses and we can just do whatever we feel like without paying attention to time...
how do you encourage a young person to listen and pay attention to the things of God when they feel they can handle everything without God, life feels wonderful, everything looks great until tragedy strikes, for some days I've been trying to talk to several persons around my area but the attitude I get makes it looks like hey I don't need God, I get everything sorted, meanwhile I'm here telling them why not run to God now that you still have time than wait when it's too late.
Ecclesiastes. 12:1 says it all
Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, Before the difficult days come, And the years draw near when you say, “I have no pleasure in them”
truly what we do now really matters because it all count for us in the future. let's seek the face of God while we still can...