Something Unanticipated

The summer has come to an end and the only thing that I can say it that God has truly blessed my life simply by allowing me to witness His glory and amazing grace every week of this summer. There were hundreds of first time decisions to follow Christ made by youth and even some adults this summer and to be able to watch people finally surrender and understand what it means to truly believe has been absolutely amazing! I have been able to learn from many great people including some amazing men after God's own heart, simply put this has been another amazing summer.

Now that the summer is over, that means that it is time for us to return home and to school. With that in mind, all that has occurred over the summer is not meant to be taken with you wherever you go. By this I simply mean that, for me, Caswell will only happen at Caswell. Things that I have experienced at Caswell are meant for that place only. But what will happen is that the experiences I had have taught me and have equipped me so that I can tell others of God's glory. I cannot expect that things at school will be just like camp, because they simply won't be. The reason this is entitled "Something Unanticipated" is because of a couple of reasons. First, this slogan has been taken on by our BCM and is on our t-shirts for this year. The other reason is because we as Christians need to become something that our world has not anticipated. What I mean by this is that we have become content within our clicks and our Christian groups and we do the same things every year and our world knows exactly how to react to our routine-like events. My proposition is that Christians will become so passionate for Christ that they begin to truly desire to see lives changed. Once this happens they will begin to get away from their comfortable groups and will go out into the mission field that God has given them and will do anything to see Christ impact others. It is time that we pursue Christ will all that we have and truly come to know what it means to believe (believing means that you will do anything and will give up everything), engage our campus and its many cultures by sacrificing all that we have so that Christ can become famous through our lives, and impact nations by teaching and discipling/mentoring others so that they can go out and show the love of Christ to the world. Simply put, it is time that our ministries stop doing what we are doing (it's not working) and become something that our campus doesn't anticipate! How do we do this? Sacrifice our comfort, give up our lives, and stop at nothing to make the name of Christ famous. It is time for a revolution, it is time for a change, it is time for a revival. Stop allowing what we do to be anticipated. It is time for something new, something unanticipated. Are you ready? Even better, Are you willing?