I want to enjoy the final breaths of my childhood, but I know that Jesus is going to come back pretty soon. I might have to die because of my faith. I wanted to get baptized at 18.
There may not be enough years left for that Juk.
Both Putin (Russia) and Erdogen (Turkey) are threats to world peace. Mind you though Europe and Obama are both as well to blame for adding fuel to the fire. But truly it is the last days, Juk, ever since 1918. The very last days.
2017 will be another Year of Jubilee: "And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family." Leviticus 25: 10
It will be exactly another 50 years since 1967 when in the Six Day War Israeli forces took control of the "West Bank" and East Jerusalem, and ALL of Jerusalem, and Israel was under Jewish reign. This is significant because under the Law the Year of Jubilee (49 years + 1) the land was to be redistributed back to its original owners. Land could not be sold forever under the Law. So 2017 should see some fireworks. Especially, over the Temple Mount issue.
To die for your faith is not to become stricken down with the plague or some other terrible malady. You still have to go to school, drive on the correct side of the road, brush your teeth, put out the rubbish and do your chores (yes!).
But, it is more a matter of being ready to move from just thinking about who Jesus is and believing in him, to
experiencing him in Spirit and in truth. When you are born again - water baptism and Holy Spirit (the Spirit of Truth) and you can pray in tongues - you will know for yourself that Jesus is true, that Jesus is alive and all of the Bible is completely true [every story]. You will rejoice in knowing that God (all 3 in 1) are within you.
Then your desires of the heart change. You will want to do that which is right unto Jesus, and you WILL want to go and tell your friends and others all about you have received. Just like in the Scriptures.
Juk, we have Spirit-filled kids and teenagers in our Fellowship. They are still kids and enjoy mostly what other kids generally like, but without joining in on some of the really bad stuff. Are our young people perfect and saintly? Certainly not. They have a lot of growing up to do, both naturally and "in the Lord" as we say. You will not lose your childhood, but you will gain the power of God to assist you accomplish great things through him.