Campus Crusade

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"Seek first the Kingdom of God and the things acceptable to Him; then all these things shall be given you beside" (Mt 6:33)

Youth as well as parents usually have a question: Can youngsters, who should totally devote themselves to studies, indulge in prayers and Bible Study and involve in evangelistic activities?

Let me tell you briefly about my college days. When I was a student in the Pre-university Class in 1962 in St. John's College, Palayamkottai, the Lord Jesus redeemed me this same day. I did my Bachelor's degree in Engineering from 1963 to 1968 in the Alagappa Engineering College, Karaikudi, and my Master's in Technology, 1968-70, in the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai. I passed out with flying colours. It was such an opportunity to spend all the eight years of my life in College with Christ and for Him.

I would get up at 4 or 5 in the morning and spend an hour in praise and prayer (Psa 143:8). The next half an hour was for Bible meditation. I would not skip this time with God even during the exam season. On certain days I would spend midnight twelve to one in prayer. I would keep chewing a verse picked out from my Pocket Testament (Psa 119:97).

Evenings were all for God! Six to seven was for private prayer in the woods near the College campus, and the next one hour was for the gathering of our campus prayer cell. I would share with the cell members whatever I learnt in my personal time with God. It was this daily gathering that helped our growth in the knowledge and things of God. The prayer group I started in Karaikudi has been alive and active all these 40 years (1963-2003). After studying my textbooks I would read a Psalm and retire to bed—for a sound sleep! (Psa 119:55).

We would go on bicycles for rural evangelism in weekends. On Thursday evenings we would visit some lepers outside the town with some eatables, and have an hour of worship with them. We had a weekly fasting prayer also. I am thrilled to realize that God had already trained us during our student days for the ministries done today in large scale in the Blessing Youth Mission. Thank you, Jesus!

We'll come in the sunshine of youth's happy morning,
Our lives to His service we'll cheerfully give;
And pray for His Spirit to guide and direct us,
That we to His glory and honour may live!
                                         (Fanny J. Crosby, 1820-1915)

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