Fanning The Flame For The Campus

The over-stimulation in this world can limit a person's focus, and could eventually cause the shut-down of objective thinking. Yet there is an organization in the chaos of this world system. As I sit here in a coffee shop in downtown San Juan, PR, there are dozens of things happening at once, just within the reach of my ears and eyes. If we are not determined, we will attempt to respond to as many of the stimuli around us that we can. Our attention will be drawn to an orchestra of events, and the reality of Truth will get minimized within the volume of input.

The first few verses of the third chapter of Nahum speak of the bloody city that is full of lies, and whose prey never escapes. The city, with noises of whips and wheels and machinery. The city with horsemen that lift shining swords and spears. A city that takes multitudes of lives, through its deceit, whoredom, and witchcraft (drug abuse). And we see that the Lord is against the city. That He will reveal it for what it is, and make a memorial, or gazingstock of it.

We must see as God sees. We must recognize the world system just as it is, a bloody city that takes many lives and leaves them without a saviour. The world is a bad place, in the deepest meaning of the word.

But the people are precious. The people are captives, as prey that cannot escape. But we have the release for them. We have the Saviour! We can put out our hand in rescue and know that it is the only hope they have.

We must not love the world (1 John 2:15). This means that we have no care for the world. No desires for what it has to offer. No involvement with it, other than one of Divine Purpose.

As VL members, we have a purpose on the campus. It is to love the people there, and to be a part of the ages-old rescue project called The Great Commission. We have a call to the ministry of reconciliation of man to God. It is an incredible call.

So we must keep the flames burning in our hearts for the campus. And we must beware the noise of the world, that will seek to quench the effectiveness of God's people.

Fan the flame this summer!