I was exposed to the Holy Spirit at a young age. As a child I had the chance to witness the gifts of the Spirit in operation. I vividly remember seeing healings, prophecies and many salvations take place. As I grew in my faith, something inside of me craved more than sermons and good music.

 

As a 21-year-old college student I now understand what that craving was. The deepest cry of my heart was intertwined with the cry of my Savior’s heart, and that was to grow in the fruit of the Spirit, not just the gifts. I wanted to reach out to the poor, to care for widows, to extend the loving hands of Christ to people outside the church building.

 

Today’s church must focus more on outreach instead of expecting the world to come under the shadows of our steeples. On campus I am constantly surrounded by zombies. I walk to class with a broken heart many days because of the sin that is producing death in the lives of my peers. Who will rescue them and pull them out of the fire?

 

If we truly believe the only thing that can give life is the gospel of Jesus, then why are we so stingy with the message of God’s mercy and grace? When Jesus takes His rightful place on the throne of our hearts, His kingdom will come with power. The college campuses in this nation will no longer be spiritual graveyards but rivers of life that will flow through this nation into every sector of our society.