So there are exciting things ahead for the upcoming school year at UCSD. Amdist helping friends move in, looking into jobs/internships and writing for the school paper, ministry with Cru is also vamping up again in preparation for the new school year.
This past weekend on both Friday and Saturday we spent most of the day aligning our hearts, minds and agendas with each other and most importantly the Lord. As a ministry it is imperative that we come out of the gates sprinting because the first our of the first day of the first week is when Freshmen are most receptive to an invitation to get involved. We want to be there for them and invite them in so that they find a community to belong. It is also important and necessary since the college years are often foundational to the rest of your life. We want to have young people who are striving to follow Christ and know him better for the rest of their lives. To be movers, shakers and culture changers in the name of Christ.
With that being said, I came into this past weekend fully acknowledging that I lacked the kind of vibrant enthusiasm and spiritual fire that seems necessary for such an undertaking. We are looking to talk with 2,000 freshmen in a day and hundreds more in a weeks time. I still remember the jadedness and the exhaustion that set in last year and it was wonderful then, but I lacked that same excitement. My prayer was that I could realign myself with Christ and his will instead of my own agenda.
One of the ideas that was hammered home this weekend was the idea of OWNING vs. RENTING. This metaphor might seem self explanatory but allow we to explain briefly. This next week we do not want to take part in kingdom work as if we are renters. Yes, we are not of this world so to speak, but the idea is that renters are not invested. In many ways they are selfish and only care for their own personal comfort. Ownership this week will look something like putting in work because we are part of God's kingdom and we desperately want others to be a part. Ownership of this week will look like flyering and talking to students even if it pushes us out of our comfort zones. Ownership this week will look like continuing to work for a few more hours even we are sweaty and tired. It is an honor to be a part of that if it is for the sake of the kingdom.
I look forward to the potential of this next week. There are new strategies and fresh laborers ready to go out and love others well. I am excited and nervous to see what the Lord has ahead for me.Above all I am excited to see what the Lord will do .
It was also a wonderful weekend to grow closer to my brothers and sister in Christ. A mini Puerto Rico Reunion was a lot of fun too. Until the gun goes off...
All the Glory be His.
"When he saw the crowds he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, "The Harvest is plentiful; but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." ~ Matthew 9:36-38
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