Being Consistent in First Priority
Be consistent, we hear that term a lot don’t we? But those words ring especially true for First Priority. Some campus clubs have great turnouts every week while others seem to struggle a little, but trust me when I say your consistency pays off.
Case in point, at Cumberland Gap High School, we have a foreign exchange student from Germany, she comes from a Catholic background, although they weren’t real faithful church goers. She began coming to youth worship on Wednesday nights with a new friend from school. Then she started coming to First Priority on Tuesday mornings. Every week she came looking for a place to belong (even though it was all foreign to her). Every week she would have questions about the Christian faith and every week the students would be there to encourage her and answer them. She would be consistent in asking questions and they would be consistent in answering them. Slowly and consistently the Holy Spirit was working on her until one Tuesday morning during a hook week the gospels was presented and guess who accepted Jesus Christ that morning? That’s right, our new friend from Germany!
We didn’t do anything other than being consistently obedient to the Holy Spirit in our efforts to reach every student on campus with the gospel. Because First Priority is a consistent presence on this campus and because the gospel is consistently being presented, the Kingdom of God grew that day.
Many students we meet on campus, even though they may not be from another country may feel like Christianity is foreign. However, being consistent with the love and message of Christ and being consistent with First Priority pays eternal dividends!
Larry Goad, Campus Coach
