Resonate with a Purpose

This past Thursday night at resonate we went on a little field trip.  We went out to dinner (Jimmy Johns is awesome) and then met over at the Pierce College campus.  It's in-between summer session and fall session so we had the place virtually to ourselves.  I wanted to share with you what I shared with my group.

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It's been awesome so far being a part of this journey as a college-aged ministry.  I've met dozens of people, played some ultimate frisbee, cooked lots of hot dogs at my house, gone to a ton of lunches, and even learned to play some new games along the way.  I'm so thankful for the people God is already bringing into my life through this ministry.  As we finished our last resonate of the summer, I thought it important to look around at the campus, and to look forward into the future of resonate.

The campus we were on was nothing special, but hidden behind the normal college stuff, I challenged them to see a grander picture.  One in which evangelism through relationship reigns and the gospel of Jesus Christ is delivered in a way that leads to restoration, renewal, and relationship.  If we were bold enough to let God use us in our normal, everyday lives, he would cause us to be instruments of grace to our friends and acquaintances.  It's a future filled with grace, love, hope and acceptance for a largely hope-deprived group of people.

My challenge to you is to let God use you in the same way.  Whether you're a stay at home mom, a work-aholic dad, or a retired soldier, God can use you wherever you are.  I pray that our souls would long for God and that we would love one another by laying down our lives, our relationships, our time, and our effort, all in the name of Jesus our Savior.

"My command is this:  Love each other as I have loved you.  Greater love has no one than this that he lay down his life for his friends."  John 15:12-13 (ESV)