Reaching Your School
It can be easy to be impatient in school. In elementary school you can’t wait for junior high. In junior high you can’t wait for high school. In high school you can’t wait for college. And in college you can’t wait to graduate and begin life after school.
If you are a student, rather than always waiting for what’s next, I would encourage you to view school as your current vocation from God. Whatever grade you’re in, don’t rush through. Study hard, do your best. Make friends. Approach school with a commitment to excellence. As you work hard in your vocation of school, the Lord will open doors for spiritual conversations. God can use you where you are today to make a big difference with your classmates, teachers and other school staff. Work hard, and when matters of faith arise, boldly share what is true - that Jesus Christ is King of Kings and Lord of Lords, that you know Him, that you revere Him, and recommend Him too.
As Colossians tells us, “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters…” You don’t have to wait until after graduation to reach your world- reach your world at school today! And God will use you in a big way.
“God can use you where you are today to make a big difference with your classmates, teachers and other school staff.”
Colossians 3:23
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as though you were working for the Lord and not for people.”