Here comes a new school year… my final school year. Ever since I was a freshman I had a dream that someday I would see God become famous at OSU and that even Ohio Stadium could not fill the worshippers of Jesus in this city and on this campus. Every school year after that I have looked longingly at that stadium wondering if it could ever hold an event much more meaningful than a bunch of guys in armor throwing a hunk of leather and air down the field. Every year since my freshman year I have looked at high street on a Friday or Saturday night and wondered if God could ever even be on the minds of those heading towards a party. There have been many nights where I have laid awake at night wondering how to get 50,000 people to believe. The answer hasn’t come yet and who knows if it ever will in my lifetime.
But as I approach this new school year I know a few things… 1. that I have learned a lot from God this summer and 2. that I cannot waste this last year in the classroom. It’s possible (but not set in stone) that I will be leading a Bible study in Baker East this year and that task alone is very daunting. It is my responsibility to reach this dorm and give everyone in it the same chance I got as a freshman not having a clue what to do with all the freedom college gives you. In addition it is my responsibility to minister to my place of work and through my work (I’m going to be a bus driver for CABS) and it is my responsibility to minister to everyone in my classes, especially the professors.
With all of that said I will be honest: I am overwhelmed at the thought of all I am a part of and I am very nervous for all of this to start in 4 days! I know that if I remain faithful and do the work God has set out for me then He will become famous on this campus. Not by anything I do but by him working in me and in His church. I believe a movement of God is at hand and I pray that it happens this school year. May the glory go to God… not Ohio State, not the football team, not careers, and not ourselves. If you think of it pray for Ohio State, pray for Baker Hall East, and pray for me. Thanks so much for reading and hopefully God spoke to you through this somehow.
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