{"id":3938,"date":"2020-02-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.namb.net\/send-network\/resource\/the-college-campus-a-plentiful-harvest\/"},"modified":"2020-02-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T05:00:00","slug":"the-college-campus-a-plentiful-harvest","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.namb.net\/send-network\/resource\/the-college-campus-a-plentiful-harvest\/","title":{"rendered":"The College Campus: A Plentiful Harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"

If Jesus were walking the earth today, what would He say about college campuses in North America?<\/p>\n

We can imagine His heart would grieve the deceitfulness of sin that occupies the hearts and minds of students. He would know many of these students grew up going to healthy churches and living under the spiritual protection of godly families, but perhaps even more did not.<\/p>\n

The college campus \u2014 and our world today \u2014 has not changed much. More than 2,000 years ago, Jesus stood before a crowd of people and felt \u201ccompassion for them, because they were distressed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd\u201d (Matt. 9:36).<\/p>\n

Then and now, an abundance of wandering souls \u2014 old and young alike \u2014 are blind to their brokenness. The harvest is very plentiful. The world has no shortage of people who are craving good news and don\u2019t know it.<\/p>\n

While Jesus hates the effects of sin in the world He created, His compassion would move Him to ensure those who are His find their way home. They will<\/em> find their Shepherd. And they will find their Shepherd through His people<\/em>, who are sprinkled throughout campuses and communities like lights in a dark room.<\/p>\n

In a sense, Jesus is walking the college campus through us \u2014 His people. As we look out at the plentiful harvest on the college campus, we are called to pray, go, and tell \u2014 and not to do so alone.<\/p>\n

Pray Together<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oswald Chambers has famously said that, \u201cPrayer does not equip us for greater works \u2014 prayer is the greater work.\u201d In other words, prayer is not just a preliminary checklist item we do to prepare us for the \u201cgreater\u201d work of reaping the harvest. Prayer is<\/em> the greater work of ministry.<\/p>\n

When Jesus sent out the 72 disciples in pairs, the first thing He tells them to do is pray. He does not tell them to strategize. He does not tell them to go change their context. He does not tell them to go save lost people. He tells them to pray.<\/p>\n

In essence, He tells them to bow themselves before a God who cares more about the harvest than they do. He tells them to submit themselves in prayer to the one who has the power to turn hearts, change lives, and heal brokenness.<\/p>\n

If we could be a fly on the wall in a dorm room, we may become discouraged by the pervasive licentiousness. As God\u2019s people labor on university campuses to make His name famous, we must never neglect to pray together as we go. And as we go, remember your own story of conversion and be reminded that you had someone praying for you too.<\/p>\n

Go Together<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are called to pray, but we are not only<\/em> called to pray. After Jesus tells His disciples to pray, he commands them to go. What is God\u2019s method of pushing back brokenness and ushering in the Kingdom? It\u2019s you \u2026 and me \u2026 and every Christian. \u00a0His method is Spirit-filled believers who are carrying the best news in jars of clay<\/p>\n

The college campus is a communal microcosm. The church could learn a lot about what it looks like to \u201cdo life together\u201d \u2014 a common phrase that\u2019s hard to practice. Students share meals together, work together, and play together. We need to go to them, together<\/em>.<\/p>\n

To go is to leave the comforting familiarity of like-minded people to engage those who may be indifferent, hostile, or harsh. \u00a0The call to go is to enter the communal microcosm of the college campus, inject ourselves into the lives of students, and pray God would begin changing their hearts through the gospel.<\/p>\n

When we step onto the campus together and prepare to love students and share the gospel \u2014 despite the fear that may accompany evangelism \u2014 we take with us the promise that we are never alone. God sent the disciples out together because two is better than one (Eccl. 4:9-12), and in the kingdom, there are no Lone Rangers. He sent us out together in peace, knowing He will be with us always (Matt. 28:20).<\/p>\n

Tell Together<\/strong><\/p>\n

As we pray and go together, we proclaim the best news we have ever heard.<\/p>\n

We are telling students that God is not distant. He is intimately acquainted with their pain, hurt, and insecurities. He knows their hopes and desires. We tell them that, despite the many ways they have failed to live up to their own standards and, more importantly, the perfect standard required to be in God\u2019s presence, someone already has done it on their behalf.<\/p>\n

There is a way to be made right with God, and it does not require the A+ completion of a long list of moral to-dos. It\u2019s a free gift of everlasting life and joy through Jesus. The inner narrative of \u201ctry harder and do better\u201d is rewritten into the good news that Jesus gave His best \u2014 perfection \u2014 for you. They need only to accept the gift and walk in the joy of new life. This is good news<\/p>\n

The harvest on the campus is plentiful; therefore, pray, go, and tell the good news together, knowing He is with you.<\/p>\n

Learn more about church planting on college campuses in this episode<\/a> of We Are Send Network<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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