let's pray even more

sooo a lot of stuff is going on at UCSD.

now i don't mean to over-spiritualize this situation, but it's affecting a lot of people on this campus. and because God loves the people on this campus, it's now affecting me.

i believe that God has been hearing the prayers over UCSD for a long time. and He is now allowing certain things to happen for such a time as this for a reason...

things are starting to become exposed. mostly hatred, which instills fear. there is anger. violence is beginning to arise. we are beginning to see these things--the fear, the hurt. we realize things are at a tipping point where a lot of the feelings and tensions that we have been swept under the carpet have all of a sudden exploded. we now come face to face with it. now what?

once again, i don't mean to over-spiritualize the situation, but i believe that everything that goes on in the physical world, the things that we see, what people do are driven by a spiritual world.

¹²For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
-eph 6:12

so let's respond to what is going on. let's ask the LORD to have His way with this situation. let's ask Him to use the things the enemy has intended for bad, for His GOOD. the enemy wanted to use these events to instill pain, fear, hatred, and anger, disunity, chaos, and distrust to those on this campus. instead, let's show the enemy that he will not have his way in this. rather, as ones who have been praying for breakthrough at UCSD, let us not become apathetic, but rather, engage with what He wants to do in this situation. let us unite under the name of Jesus in power and in love and ask Him to come in His fullness, especially for those who are in fear.

let's ask Him to use the events going on campus to bring spiritual breakthrough. let's allow Him to expose the spiritual darkness that exists on this campus, only to awaken us and open our eyes to the spiritual depravity at UCSD, so we can begin to call upon the name of Jesus, the One who has vanquished all darkness. let's hold on to the victory of Jesus Christ, and ask Him to overcome this campus with His power, to establish the dominion of His kingdom of Light over a campus oppressed by darkness.

let us cry out and continue to ask for one thing: for the LOVE of God to break through on this campus.

because perfect love casts out all fear. and in love there is reconciliation and healing.
let us continue to listen for direction and how to love.

kingdom come, on UCSD as in heaven. bring restoration. bring breakthrough.

-eric