Come Help.

I have been reading Come Help Change the World by Bill Bright.  Although most of the book feels like a report of statistics, information, and results of the workings of Campus Crusade, I am nonetheless blown away by the work of the Holy Spirit in these pages.  What God has accomplished through Campus Crusade for Christ is immeasurable and incomparable.  I am not just saying this because I am biased toward Crusade (which I am),  but because few (if any) other religious organizations are as international, as effective, and as widespread as Crusade is.

Just so you don’t think I’m some brainwashed fanatic, let me share with you some of the mental checks I make when assessing this organization.  ”For if this plan or this undertaking is of man, it will fail.” Acts 5:38. Bill Bright had a vision to fulfill the Great Commission.  We know that the Lord wants it to be fulfilled, because He is the one who commissioned it.  This is the sole reason the Campus Crusade exists.  From this calling, Bill Bright was lead by the Lord to devise a plan, that if we reach the college students of the world today, we will reach the world tomorrow.  Campus Crusade is indeed reaching the world.  By 1998, they had ministry presence in 181 countries (99.2% of the world), and had translated the JESUS film  into 535 languages in 223 countries.  Over 3 billion people have been exposed to the gospel through Crusade alone!  ”For if this plan or this undertaking is of man…”.

Another mental check I have been unintentionally doing, is that I have been reading the book of Acts.  I will go from Bill Bright’s book to Acts, or vice versa, and I feel like I’m reading the same thing.  The full title of Acts is “Acts of the Holy Spirit,” and it has become evident to me that the Holy Spirit has the ability to act today as He did in New Testament times.  So.  Why do we not see the Spirit act like this now, where we are seeing miracles happen in whole countries, on our campuses, and in our personal lives?  Bill Bright saw this.  Is it just that God has not chosen to pour His Spirit out on our location for the time being?  Or are we too complacent, and not thirsty enough for revival?  Or are these tranformations happening in communities around us or our country and we are just unaware of them? I do not know.

The Lord has been challenging me with these things lately.  I feel that He is undeniably  and personally pursuing me to become a sheep that KNOWS my shepherd’s voice.  I believe that God can move in huge, huge ways, but I also know that I need the prompting of the Spirit to tell me how to be a part of it all.  Even seemingly good actions are just hasty ones without the Spirit prompting.  I don’t know what He wants for now, I would love to see God reach the current entire Asian American community at Cal Poly by the end of my time here.  I must believe that God’s heart for others to know Him is MUCH bigger than our hearts for others to know Him.  I have full faith that He can do it, but what is His plan for San Luis Obispo?  I want to pray for what His plan is for my small world right now, and  really seek Him.  Who’s with me?