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“Temptations are chances to tell God we love Him”, that’s in insert of a spontaneous conversation struck up around two am while going to brush my teeth in the bathroom with my friend Zach. This was after an extremely blessed day. It was blessed in the most amazing way. No, I didn’t get a bunch of good grades back or, win a prize and the cafeteria wasn’t serving my favorite food. It was blessed because God was working thru me, and I was letting Him shine with minimal fleshly interference. To compare this high to any earthly thing would be, to compare the budget of a Hollywood movie to the budget of a public elementary school production.
I came in to college equipped with God's armor ready for college to put a huge strain on my faith. On the contrary it is enabling my faith to grow immensely. Wipe that confused look off your face it is true that my faith was tested, tested well and often but it’s because its tested I have so many opportunities to glorify Him, and in return be blessed with His glory. James 1:1-4. Time and time again God proves His words as truth. The time I took strengthening my faith before I left was not wasted, time devoted to the glory of His kingdom never goes in vain. It is very possible without that extra commitment to Him, I might have fallen to many of the temptations that He helped me overcome. Extra may be a grammatical mess up for there is no sufficient amount of commitment that we, as humans, are even capable of obtaining, because He deserves it all. Extra relative to what I was giving Him is another story; I can always give Him more, growing my faith and happiness.
How I prepared to stay a strong Christian in an environment I thought would be strenuous, was simply by going faith out. What I mean is let it be known you are a Christian you will get either encouragement or opposition both of which strengthens your faith. So I ask what is there to be scared of, earthly rejections which is as good as garbage compared to the Lord. I started at orientation and haven’t looked back. God even wants the little things to glorify Him. Praying for my lunch in the cafeteria with people I just met might have been out of my comfort zone but it wasn’t out of His, nothing is out of His comfort zone. It was some of these “small” things I would usually forget at home like praising God for a Lunch or breakfast, out in public that have keep my focus on Him. And I have been reading more at night, instead of usually reading two or three chapters; I am usually reading four or five. One or two in the chapter I am in, right now that’s 2 Samuel, then some Psalm and/or Proverbs, for encouragement and wisdom. My prays have also been getting longer, because I have more things to pray, praise, give thanks, and repent to Him about.
All this has to do with trusting in Him completely, which I have been trying to do since I was saved. I started with the bigger things and just worked my way to trusting the smaller things to Him as well, but just like anything else when you concentrate on one thing it is harder to maintain your faith in another. That is way I am getting involved in big things too like BCM (Baptist Campus Ministry) and IV (Inner Varsity). There are a few more ministries I am dabbling in, but these two plus my Church when I find the perfect fit is going to be a handful. I want to be able to dive in and get involved and really fellowship with my ministry groups not just participate in them. God uses other to answer you prays and vice versa. God made us to have a relationship with Him above all things but also we are made to be in relationship with each other. Adam was lonely without Eve, and that was before sin existed. But also make sure you listen to God first and do not eat the fruit that God has forbidden. So what I try to do is ask people I trust to help me with a problem than pray to see what God is putting on my heart, it might be something that you wouldn’t be able to understand at that time without the support of a friend. Be bold with your faith and your faith will stay strong
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