Weird Dorm Dialogue
Theme of the Week: Take the Divine Dare
Monday, July 13, 2009
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Key Bible Verse: He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life … will live for Christ (2 Corinthians 5:15). Bonus Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:13-17
Transferring to Wheaton College as a junior made forming new friendships difficult. But one day I met a couple of students who lived on my floor and said they'd stop by my room that evening. I thought they might want to play some basketball or make an ice cream run. But when they knocked, one said, "Greg, we're wondering what role God would have you play in what he's doing in the world."
What kind of nuts are these? I thought. But I replied, "Well, uh, I haven't really nailed that down."
"What?" they said, with obvious astonishment. "Don't you know that when we become followers of Jesus, we no longer live for ourselves but for him? So again, Greg, what role are you going to play in what he's doing in the world?"
Their abrupt challenge proved a life-changing moment in my life. Those two young men took me to interview for the Student Missionary Project. And that led to short-term ministry in Japan. In everything I've done with my life since—working at a recording ministry, pastoring a church, and now presiding over Trinity International University—I repeat their question: "What role would God have me play in what he's doing in the world?"
—Gregory Waybright in College Faith
My Response: If asked this question, how would I answer?
Adapted from College Faith (Andrews Univ. Press, 2002) by permission.
Copyright © 2009 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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I want to live for something bigger than myself, Lord. Give me courage to take the risks that go with the rush of having a significant impact for your kingdom.
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