One year ago, I walked into the
high school ministry building with energy and an excited heart. My expectations
were high considering the high school group I went to at City of Grace was
outstandingly powerful. My expectations were crushed however. The high school
students were closed off, complacent, and just plain apathetic. I still made
worship a time between God and I and no
one else, but it seemed like every week I got the same dull vibe.
The
students did not want to be there. They would rather be on their phones than in
those purple chairs. The worship leaders were not passionate at all. The pastor
was gifted but his messages were shallow and repetitive. He was trying to spark
us as students to become fired up for the LORD. All of it just seemed like we
were going through the motions. Sadly I
finally confessed to my friend and to my family “There is no way this youth
group can change. There is no hope.” However…God proved me wrong. Very VERY WRONG.
God
always works in mysterious ways. He works in the moments of uncertainty and
when we label situations as impossible. This is true because if it seems as if
it could NEVER be accomplished by our will, it could only be A WORK OF GOD. I
was truly as God showed His full power over the next year. As I sit writing
this, I am still awed by the change in my youth group. It is not a small change
either. Our youth group went from just over 50 students to 258 students over
the past month. Most of the 258 students either accepted Christ or recommitted
their life back to Christ.
But
despite the numbers, the hearts and the atmosphere of that youth group changed.
A miracle I call it. A revival as God calls it. Either way I learned that
NOTHING is impossible when God is on your side. No matter how impossible the
situation may seem, the LORD is a powerful God. He stops at nothing to show us
that He is not far but in fact is always with us.
So I’m
choosing to give up my doubt. I may not know where I’m going or even how I’m
going to get there but what I do know is I place my full trust in the God of
the Universe. I hope you never give up on a dream the LORD may place in your
heart. It may be crazy in your eyes but watch and see that the LORD IS GOOD.
For with God nothing shall be
impossible. Luke 1:37
