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Are
you ready to get involved? Today is the day to make a commitment to
serve. While in college many students rationalize since they are so busy
with their studies, this gives them the right to sit on the sidelines
when it comes to serving the Lord. But God's word is clear, Jesus said
in John 4:35, "Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the
harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are
ripe for harvest."
Modern day translation of what Jesus was saying, "The time is
now!" What's our timeline and what's God's timeline as it relates
to the harvest? We want to wait four months until the harvest or (until
we're out of college) but Jesus says, "No, that's not my timeline,
the harvest in God's economy is ready now!
Jesus is waiting for harvesters to join him. This has always been the
problem, a lack of workers. As Jesus said in Matthew
9:37-38, "Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is
plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest,
therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."
The problem, lack of workers, the solution, ask-pray for God to raise
up laborers. As students, the harvest field is your campus. Are you a
worker? Have you prayed for God to save the lost on your campus, to send
someone to share the Good News? Are you willing to be an answer to your
own prayers? God wants to use you in the harvest field, He's looking for
those who have the spiritual eyes to see, "I tell you, open your
eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest."
You were made to make a contribution, not just to consume. God
made you to make a difference. And what matters is not how long
you live, but how you live. What matters is not the duration of
your life, but the donation of your life. We're all meant to give
something back. We're all meant to make a contribution. The
Bible says we're created to serve, we're saved to serve, and we're
gifted to serve. We're commanded to serve God back. You were put
here to serve God and the way you serve God is by serving other people.
Now, some people want to serve God; they just don't want to serve
others. But you can't do that. The only way you can serve
God is by serving others.
I Peter 4:10, "Each one should use whatever gift he has received to
serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various
forms."
Galatians 5:13, "For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do
not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through
love serve one another."
The apostle Paul exhorted the believers in
Corinth
chapter 15:58, "Always give yourselves fully to the work of the
Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain."
Don't wait to be asked to get involved in a campus ministry; don't wait
to serve the Lord on campus - take the initiative and find a group and
get involved. Follow the example of our Lord and Savior Matthew 20:28,
"Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to
serve."
Go Make Disciples, Pastor Alex Garcia
Destino Coaching Center
100 Lake Hart Drive Dept 2500
Orlando, Florida 32828
1-800-678-5462 ext: #1205
destino@uscm.org
See also: www.MyDestino.com
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