The goal of this conference is not to stop at a simple encounter with God. You didn’t come here for a mountain-top experience that fades after a few weeks back into a life of the same spiritual mediocrity. You came here because you wanted to change, to aim your life in a more significant direction, and to fully experience all that God has for you.
Right?
The greatest part about being in vocational Christian work, for me, is that I don’t have to try and convince people to stop chasing their dreams and run after God. The Christian message is that God is the ultimate dream to run after. Don’t buy counterfeit dreams like money, or success, or power, or the worldly (and baseless) figment of a concept they call self-actualization. The way to ensure the most ultimate fulfillment is to run hard after God. Conversely, the way to ensure the most ultimate despair and frustration is to run away from where God is calling you (See Jonah for examples)
Did I say (or did you read) that I think you need to go into full-time vocational Christian work? Go back and read it again. I don’t care how you make money after college. What I care is that money not be the god you lay down your life for after college.
One of the best ways you can set yourself on the right trajectory for after college is by maximizing your training and experience in ministry during college. That way, if you graduate and go into business or law or dump truck driving, you can be a businessperson or a lawyer or a dump truck driver who knows how to walk with God, share your faith, and disciple others.
I don’t know if you are supposed to go global. But I do know it’s about time you considered it.
