It is the sixth week of school. Papers are piling up almost "as high as Mount Everest", as we Ozark Christian College students say. :) In the midst of tests, reading assignment, projects and fundraising for my internship, I remembered this quote I had written down some time ago. This is especially for those who are weary and need to be reminded of the vision we are working for.
"Those who catch the vision are ready to follow the Lamb wherever He leads, and as they follow, in the spirit of joyful adventure, their path becomes clear before them and they are given power to fulfill their high calling, They are those who have courage to break through conventionalities, who care not at all what the world thinks of them, because they are entirely taken up with the tremendous reality of Christ."
Let us remember the first time we caught "the vision". How excited we were to give up everything to God, our First Love. The vision is still what we are called to. God is not concerned with good grades or finishing everything on our to-do lists. We are called to simply love Jesus and follow the Lamb. We can do that regardless of how many papers we have, the lists that lay unaccomplished and the amounts of sleep that we get. Jesus has led us here; take a moment to remember the tremendous reality of who we are loving and serving. Let us continue not because we have to, but because we choose to continue because we love Him who loved us first.
Take heart dear reader; lift up your chin and press forward! God "gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak" (Isaiah 40:29).
