There have been a few times in my life where God has just
rocked me. One of those times was in September of 2009 when I was 18 years old
he RUINED ME! He saved me from hell and from a meaningless life. For 18 years I
had been building up my kingdom and that night in a place with out a steeple
and a room with out stain glass windows at a school that people from my home
church had tried to talk me out of attending, I accepted Christ. I said to HELL
with religion to HELL with reputation to HELL with my will(I am not cussing, I
am just saying those things belong in hell and there is no room in God’s church
for our religion, reputation, and will) and it hasn’t been a easy 3 years. I
have strayed, I have stumbled, I have failed, I have done things that are just
CRAZY, but God hasn’t left me. God hasn’t forsaken me. The only thing Jesus
ever abandoned was a EMPTY TOMB! EVERY single time I have called out to him his
comfort has surrounded me and his love has brought me to my knees.
So this brings me to tonight. I am going to say this at some
risk, some of you will not understand the risk but I have been close to
excommunicated from my hometown for saying this in the past.. They email me and
“correct” me all the time. SO I am going to say it again because I MEAN IT! I
LOVE NEWSPRING CHURCH! God has used the teachings of Pastor Perry Noble and
Clayton King to change my life. In fact
Clayton King is also a campus pastor at Liberty and he preached and gave the
invitation the night that I got out of my seat and ran to the alter. ANYWAY back tonight. Around 11pm I had this
genius idea that I would listen to a NewSpring sermon that I haven’t listened
to yet. I will confess that I listen to some of them more than once because
they are just that good. Now, I am not saying this was a mistake. I am sure it
was God’s will that tonight I listen to that message, but seriously I could run
a marathon right now. Sleep may not happen for me tonight. I am SO excited. I
am SO pumped because I feel like God is telling me that he is going to do
something incredible in me, and when it happens people will know that it has
nothing to do with me. It will be God all the way. Let me just say this I AM
NOT THE SHARPEST KNIFE IN THE DRAWER. I’m not. It looks like I will somehow
make it through college (by the grace of GOD)! The people who know me will know
that God is moving because I can’t move in the way God is calling me to
move. But, here’s the thing: I AM DONE.
I am DONE with my will. I am DONE with trying to please people. I AM done
walking around on eggshells in my own hometown. I am going to do whatever it
takes to bring glory to God. I am sure I am going to stumble and fall and say
things that people don’t like, and if I step out of line I will apologize, but
I unapologetically say this: I am not going to set around and watch a
generation of people go to hell because the church doesn’t like them. I am
going to do whatever I can to reach people for Christ, short of sin. That’s
what God has called me to do and that’s what I am going to do. I just wanted
you to know. Proceed to email.
Mwhite13@liberty.edu
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