Living Among the Lost

I apologize for not posting an entry last week. A spent most of my time preparing a lesson that I gave Tuesday at Nav Night, our weekly worship service on campus. I spoke about what it looks like for us to live among the lost; what does it mean to show Christ to those around us as we live our lives in whatever field God has called us to?

For this lesson, God lead me to John 4 where we see Jesus talk with the Samaritan woman at the well. Three main things that we as Christians must do as we live among the lost are shown here: 1) we see Jesus be intentional in his relationship/conversation with the woman in verse 7, 2) we see him adjust the focus from surface-level topics to eternal salvation in verse 10, and 3) we see the woman place Christ and the gospel above all else in verses 28 and 29. What do these principals look like when we put them into practice in our own lives? I won't go into detail about the lesson since I'd like to tell you a bit more about what's going on in the ministry.

Lately, the Lord has been teaching me some very difficult lessons - primarily that I have to be okay with not understanding his motivations at all times. Sure, we know that the thing that drives God's every action is his holy and righteous desire to see his name glorified (Psalm 46:10) and he goes about this by loving us (Romans 5:8). Even though I know these truths, I still contemplate why God doesn't reveal himself to the students here on campus in unmistakable ways. The conclusion I've arrived at is found in Isaish 55:8 "'For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,' declares the LORD." There are an unlimited amount of things about God I will never understand, BUT that does not make him any less God. In other words, my understanding does not fuel his supremacy. He is God in the storm, he is God in the sunshine, he is God in the night, he is God in the day - he is the Great I AM, and his "name will be known among the nations."

I am learning to trust God when I can't see him, when I can't understand him, because if I can place my trust in our Abba Father, who then can I trust?

This next week, we have the Collegiate Navs Conference/EDGE Summit 2 in Florida. Pray that God would grant us safety in travel, wisdom in seeking him, and rejuvenation in the presence of our beloved brothers and sisters in Christ.