"i invite YOU in": RAISE your HANDS in the AIR

Raise your hand in the air if you love Jesus! Well, that’s not exactly the question I asked to get the students to raise their hands. Not because I don’t want to publicize the gospel of grace, but only because I am not allowed to evangelize in the public school place. At least not with the outright message, but I do it with my social media messages that I write out. You see, if I can get the students to follow me outside of the school system, then I can introduce them to the only One who makes me cool through His wisdom—“wisdom is justified by her children” (Matthew 11:19)—Cool and composed as I present to the youth, but also cool as in hip like a rappers rhymes in the booth.I’m not “bigging” myself up, but I am bragging about my Lord who is the one that lifts me up. I am a trophy of His grace; not because of anything that I am capable of, but purely because of His capable love.  And as long as I continue to recognize my unworthiness, my God will continue to magnify Himself, using me as the contrast to His awesomeness. “O Lord, continue to make much of Yourself through me.”Anyway, I remain humbled by the influence that God has entrusted me with. And if I am not presenting the invitation to the students to “follow me” socially through media outlets, than I am not using my influence completely, which leaves them with half the message—like a cord not plugged into an outlet. The full orb of “influence” comes when the plug is inserted and connected to the power source. So raise your hand if you love Jesus! I may not be able to say that openly in the public schools, but I can share it openly through these social media tools.  That’s what #iCONVICTION is all about, especially when you cannot openly speak it out: leveraging your secular platforms with your spiritual faith, and then trusting God for your influence to connect others to His grace.Like I said, “Cool and composed as I present to the youth, but also cool as in hip like a rappers rhymes in the booth.”