not done yet

LORD, i believe that you have not given up on UCSD. i believe that you love UCSD more than i do. i believe that every bit of darkness, brokenness, and sin are under your dominion. Jesus, i believe you have the power to send revival and an outpouring of your Spirit without effort. i believe that you don't even need to make an effort to set every soul free and open the eyes of every heart to your beauty and your love. i know that you can easily have, at this very moment, every knee bow and every tongue at UCSD confess you as LORD. i know that because you said it will happen at the end of the age. but that time has not come yet.
in your love for man and your desire to honor free will, you wait patiently until more at UCSD will recognize their lack and depravity without You and turn to you.

Jesus, you said blessed are those who aren't offended in you (matt 11:6) i will not be offended by your leadership. i will not be offended by the ways you have yet to answer our prayers. i'm trusting your perfect wisdom and perfect sovereignty. your timing is perfect. your leadership is perfect. you love UCSD.

until then, let us not stop crying out. give us justice. will you not give justice to those who cry out to you day and night? will you delay long over them? You said that you will give us justice speedily. (luke 18:8) we hold you true to your word. Jesus, send justice to UCSD.

God, send revival to UCSD.

rise up, O God, and defend your cause

¹ O God, why have you rejected us forever?
Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
² Remember the nation you purchased long ago,
the people of your inheritance, whom you redeemed—
Mount Zion, where you dwelt.
³ Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins,
all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.

⁴ Your foes roared in the place where you met with us;
they set up their standards as signs.
⁵ They behaved like men wielding axes
to cut through a thicket of trees.
⁶ They smashed all the carved paneling
with their axes and hatchets.
⁷ They burned your sanctuary to the ground;
they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.
⁸ They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely!”
They burned every place where God was worshiped in the land.

⁹ We are given no signs from God;
no prophets are left,
and none of us knows how long this will be.
¹⁰ How long will the enemy mock you, God?
Will the foe revile your name forever?
¹¹ Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand?
Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!

¹² But God is my King from long ago;
he brings salvation on the earth.

¹³ It was you who split open the sea by your power;
you broke the heads of the monster in the waters.
¹⁴ It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan
and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.
¹⁵ It was you who opened up springs and streams;
you dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
¹⁶ The day is yours, and yours also the night;
you established the sun and moon.
¹⁷ It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth;
you made both summer and winter.

¹⁸ Remember how the enemy has mocked you, LORD,
how foolish people have reviled your name.
¹⁹ Do not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts;
do not forget the lives of your afflicted people forever.
²⁰ Have regard for your covenant,
because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
²¹ Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace;
may the poor and needy praise your name.
²² Rise up, O God, and defend your cause;
remember how fools mock you all day long.
²³ Do not ignore the clamor of your adversaries,
the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually.

keep waiting, UCSD

² The nations will see your vindication,
and all kings your glory;
you will be called by a new name
that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.
³ You will be a crown of splendor in the LORD’s hand,
a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
⁴ No longer will they call you Deserted,
or name your land Desolate.
But you will be called Hephzibah,
and your land Beulah;
for the LORD will take delight in you,
and your land will be married.
⁵ As a young man marries a young woman,
so will your Builder marry you;
as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride,
so will your God rejoice over you.


waiting for the rain