I'm so excited about this Soul Revolution series and how God is changing me. He's drawing me closer, and pushing me to grow in some great ways.
As I've been preparing for our "REORIENT" service tomorrow, I'm particularly struck by the relevance of this series, and this message, for our students.
There are certain stages of life where we are in phases of radical re-orientation. In many ways, and for many young people, life up through age 18 is a pretty steady course. Yes, you have the ups and downs of growing up and maturing and hitting puberty and stuff like that. Perhaps your parents separated so you have had to deal with that radical re-orientation. But for many, their lives are very packaged and protected during that phase.
Then they hit the college or university years. They have to reorient almost everything in their lives- location, finances, relationships, life goals and dreams. They are told, "these are the best years of your life- live it up and have a blast." And that pressure only adds to the fact that they are miserable and stressed out and messed up and can’t pull it together.
Who are you, where are you, what are you going to do with your life? You are disoriented and you need to figure some things out that are going to re-orient your life and get you to a place where you can hold some ideas and believes that are going to make sense, be truthful, and help you navigate life.
The student years are perhaps the most challenging years of dis-orientation. (Why else would they have so many freshmen orientation courses?) But the real goal should not be to orient our lives to the university, but to God. And when we are oriented to God, he will navigate our way through our studies, relationships, career plans, etc.
So students, get on board with the Soul Revolution Train!
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